They, on the whole desire to cure the sick, would rather cure their patients and lose their fee than kill them and get it.

总的说来，他们都想把病人治好，而且宁愿把病人治好而得不到诊金，也不愿为了诊金而把病人治死。

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They, on the whole, desire to cure the sick, and--if they are good doctors, and the choice were fairly put to them(3) --would rather cure their patient and lose their fee than kill him and get it.

总的说来，他们都想把病人治好，而且--如果他们是好医生，同时公平地要他们作出选择的话--他们宁愿把病人治愈而得不到诊金，也不愿为了诊金却把病人治死。

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He's going to have to make a concession to human weakness and the human desire to kill.

他不得不为人类的弱点,以及人类对杀戮的欲望妥协。

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But these are mere quibbles about a well-researched study, full of valuable statistical data, marred only by the author's apparent desire to kill the thing he loves.

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Prosecutors, meanwhile, argued that Peterson was motivated to kill, at least in part, by his desire to avoid settlement payments to his ex-wife.

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