As Treasury secretary he is the nation's chief tax collector.

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In other words, if I'm a rich, wealthy person in Corinth, I would say, "I'll be the local tax collector, and I'll guarantee you I'll send to Rome this amount of money for a year."

换句话说，如果我是科林斯的富人，我会说，“我想当本地税吏，我保证每年向罗马缴纳多少多少钱“

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He just appears. But when it calls him a "tax collector," it doesn't necessarily mean that he was the one who owned the right for that whole area.

他突然出现，但书中称他“税吏“,并不一定是说,他负责那块地区收税工作。

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And if I'm the tax collector, the way I make a profit is by charging you a lot more than I need just to send to Rome.

如果我是税吏，就会收你们一大笔钱,远多于需要上缴的数目，以赚取利润。

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So the word "tax collector" didn't necessarily mean that the person themselves were wealthy, but whoever had the tax-- - what's the thing I'm looking for?-- franchise, whoever had the tax franchise for that area would be someone from a wealthy background.

所以“税吏“一词并不是指,那人就是有钱人，不过拥有。。。,那个词怎么说来着-,拥有该地区收税权的人,应该是家境富裕的。

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