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基本解释

Every day, I saw more evidence about the evils humankind will inflict on their fellow humans, to gain or maintain power.
每一天，我看到更多的证据，证明邪恶的人类为了获得、维持权力而加害与他们同样的人类。
Karim Khalil, QC, for the prosecution, had warned the jury that the case would demonstrate “the grotesque brutality that young people can inflict on one another”.
本案的检察官——王室法律顾问卡里姆·卡利尔警告陪审团，本案证明了“青年人之间可以造成如此荒唐的暴行。”
Except a menace —a danger you've chosen to inflict on all of us.
纯粹是一个威胁——一个你所选择的，殃及我们所有人的危险分子。

But no such mechanism exists for non-bank financial institutions like AIG whose failure would inflict great economic pain on the nation as a whole.
I would recite, whatever, the Articles of Confederation I would rise on my hind legs, quaking in my boots, and I would begin until I made a mistake, whereupon I would be castigated, berated, totally stripped of self-esteem by this monster who would that inflict the same pain on somebody else.
我会背，比如说，联邦条例,我会抬起我的后腿，它在靴子里颤抖，然后开始背，直到犯错，于是，我就会被批评严惩，自尊完全被这个怪物践踏了,他对其他人也会如此加注痛苦。
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Whether it is intended or not, the missile launches serve as an implicit reminder to South Korea of the North's ability to inflict massive damage on very short notice.

Who knows what burdens a negative ruling or stern pronouncement from the bench may inflict on the brand?
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