查询词典 venality

Many Nigerians, fed up with the venality of politics, fear that the political establishment will now feel it can be as crooked as it has been in the past—and get away with it as usual.

许多厌倦了政治上贪污腐败的尼日利亚人，害怕这个判决会让那些政治团体觉得可以像以前一样舞弊而又能侥幸成功。

If an election is to be determined by a majority of a single vote, and that can be procured by a party through artifice or corruption, the Government may be the choice of a party for its own ends, not of the nation for the national good. If that solitary suffrage can be obtained by foreign nations by flattery or menaces, by fraud or violence, by terror, intrigue, or venality, the Government may not be the choice of the American people, but of foreign nations.

如果选举需由一人一票的多数票来决定胜负，而一个政党可以通过欺骗和腐蚀来达到目的，那么这个政府就有可能是政党为自身目的而做出的选择，而不是国家为全国利益而做出的选择；如果其他国家有可能通过奉承或胁迫，欺诈或暴力，通过恐怖、阴谋或收买等伎俩控制了这次选举，那么这个政府就可能不是美国人民做出的选择，而是其他国家做出的选择。

Nute Gunray is treacherous and venal, but he's Neimoidian: venality and treachery are expected, and in the Chancellor of the Trade Federation they're even virtues.

纽特·甘雷既不忠心，又贪财如命，不过他是一个内莫伊迪亚人：贪财和不忠倒也是意料之中的了，而在贸易联盟高层的内莫伊迪亚人甚至更为贪婪。

Institutional dynamics, not venality or stupidity, set businesses on these courses, which are too often misguided. After making some expensive mistakes because I ignored the power of the imperative, I have tried to organize and manage Berkshire in ways that minimize its influence. Furthermore, Charlie and I have attempted to concentrate our investments in companies that appear alert to the problem.

是组织的动力而非腐败或愚蠢，误导他们走上这些路子，也因为我忽略了这种规律的力量，使我为这些所犯的错误付出高昂的代价，之后我便试图组织管理伯克希尔尽量让这种规律降低其影响程度，同时查理跟我也试着将我们的投资集中在对于这种问题有相当警觉的公司之上。

Some applaud this as a clever way to get round congressional venality (much as a similar commission managed to close military bases in the past), but sceptics are unconvinced.

一些人称赞这不失为避免国会滥用职权的明智方式（这很像过去设法关闭军事基地的类似委员会），但是怀疑者们不以为然。

For a variety of reasons, including too few resources, a mudded strategy and the venality and incompetence of the elected government of Hamid Karzai, the Western effort is in deep trouble.

而是由于种种原因，包括资源匮乏，战略失策，以及现任哈米德·卡尔扎伊政府的腐败无能，都弄得西方国家焦头烂额。

Institutional dynamics, not venality or stupidity, set businesses on these courses, which are too often misguided. After making some expensive mistakes because I ignored the power of the imperative, I have tried to organize and manage Berkshire in ways that minimize its influence.

是组织的动力而非腐败或愚蠢，误导他们走上这些路子，也因为我忽略了这种规律的力量，使我为这些所犯的错误付出高昂的代价，之后我便试图组织管理伯克希尔尽量让这种规律降低其影响程度，同时查理跟我也试着将我们的投资集中在对于这种问题有相当警觉的公司之上。

Mr Olken calculates that on average 28% of reportedspending went missing, mostly because roadbuilders skimped on materials. Notall of the gap can be put down to venality, though: some of the gravel, forexample, was probably worn away.

他算了一下：平均有28%的花费，不见了踪影，主要原因是道路建筑商偷工减料（当然，并不是所有的差值，都可以归因为腐败：譬如，有一些砂石可能会有损耗。

For a variety of reasons, including too few resources, a mudded strategy and the venality and incompetence of the elected government of Hamid Karzai, the Western effort is in deep trouble.

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For a variety of reasons, including too few resources, a mudded strategy and the venality and incompetence of the elected government of Hamid Karzai, the Western effort is in deep trouble.

而是由于种种原因，包括资源匮乏，战略失策，以及现任哈米德

With Death guitarist Schuldiner adopting vocal duties, the band made a major impact on the scene.

随着死亡的吉他手Schuldiner接受主唱的职务，乐队在现实中树立了重要的影响。

But he could still end up breakfasting on Swiss-government issue muesli because all six are accused of nicking around 45 million pounds they should have paid to FIFA.

不过他最后仍有可能沦为瑞士政府&议事餐桌&上的一道早餐，因为这所有六个人都被指控把本应支付给国际足联的大约4500万英镑骗了个精光。