His companions brought pressure to bear on him, urging him to stop wasting money.
他的伙伴们给他施加压力,劝他不要再浪费钱。
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打官司费钱耗时而且给人添堵,所以最好能避则避。
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Some people say that monuments are a white elephant and a waste of money.
有些人说建造那纪念碑实在是无意义的浪费钱.
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We all keep hearing that trains are slow, that they lose money, that they're dying.
好像有了汽车和飞机使得火车成为多余的.我们一直在说火车太慢了, 所以铁路部门浪费钱, 他们正在衰退.
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