Amid growing inequality, society's winners told themselves that they lived in a meritocracy-and that their success was therefore deserved.

在日益严重的贫富不平等中，社会中的赢家们不断告诉自己他们生活在精英的社会中，因此他们的成功是理所当然的。

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It was probably what they deserved, but United ultimately ran out winners.

不过这也理所应当，曼联最后还是取得了3分。

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The decision even tarnished a deserved victory for the Group D winners.

这个愚蠢的决定甚至给本应该是D小组头名的球队抹了黑。

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Republicans like to think of themselves as the party of winners, and well-deserved winners at that.

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The visitors' powerful scrum earned two penalty tries and there were also signs of an attacking presence that had been absent in the first half, but Australia were by far the more rounded side and were deserved winners.

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