在子女小时不应对他们过于苛吝。否则会使他们变得卑贱,甚至投机取巧,以至堕入下流,即使后来有了财富时也不会正当利用。 The illiberality of parents, in allowance towards their children, is an harmful error; makes them base; acquaints them with shifts; makes them sort with mean company; and makes them surfeit more when they come to plenty.
这位拳击冠军深晓拳击中投机取巧的所有窍门,他知道很多伤害对手并使其乱阵脚的方法。 The champion knows all the tricks of the boxing trade; he knows many ways to hurt his opponent and to get him mixed up.