In fact, the real threat comes from overly chummy links between a state and its multinationals.

实际上，真正的威胁来自于跨国公司同某一个国家过分亲密的联系。

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A former businessman, he is chummy with lobbyists: he was once spotted on the House floor handing out cheques from a tobacco-industry group to other members.

曾经做过商人的他对游说者非常友好：有一次他曾坐在国会的地板上把一个烟草业游说团体的支票分发给其他议员。

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SIR PAUL NURSE boasts a long list of academic accolades, among them a Nobel Prize, but his chummy manner and oodles of scientific star power have earned him the nickname "David Beckham of science".

保罗·纳斯爵士因拥有一大堆的学术荣誉称号，其中包括一个诺贝尔奖而自吹自擂，但是他与人亲近的风格和作为科学明星的巨大影响力，使他获得了“科学界的贝克·汉姆”这一昵称。

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As President Obama prepares to deliver his State of the Union address tonight with an expected call for civility, the Arizona legislature is taking up a bill with a less chummy message to the federal government.

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He added that although it would be "unhealthy" for there to be a "chummy relationship" between the person keeping the banks in order and the banks themselves, banking chiefs have alleged Mr King doesn't understand what they do.

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The dot-commers were a much more chummy bunch.

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