That's the Matthew effect, those who hath little get even that taken away and thrown into prison.

这就是马太效应，没有的，连他所有的也要夺走，关进监牢里。

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So, we quickly talked about certain aspects of why we like other people including proximity, similarity, and attractiveness, and where we left off was a discussion of the Matthew effect, which is basically that good things tend to compound.

我们昨天略为讲几个方面,解释我们为什么会喜欢他人,包括邻近性，相似性和吸引力，我们昨天最后讲的是马太效应，它是说，好事是会扎堆的。

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