seize a chance to seek private gain
例句
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The wrestlers try to seize hold of each other.
摔跤选手力图抓住对方。
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Look at this traffic! I’m afraid we haven’t got a snowball’s chance in hell of getting to the airport in time.
看看有多少车！恐怕我们根本没有指望能及时赶到机场。
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She played left-handed to give her opponent a fair chance.
她用左手进行比赛以给对手一个较大的机会。
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I take strong exception to your suggestion that this action was done for financial gain.
你认为这种行为是以盈利为目的, 我表示强烈反对。
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They tried to gain time by spinning out the negotiation.
他们企图拖延谈判以争取时间。
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He missed out on a chance to go to college because of his ill health.
他因身体不好, 失去了上大学的机会。
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Don't bother me, O.K.? Just let me live out my life in peace and in private.
别打扰我了, 好不好?就让我一个人安安宁宁地度过后半辈子吧。
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If I had a chance to go to Japan, I'd take it like a shot.
如果我有机会去日本, 我会乐意接受。
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Cecil can be very rude in private, though in public he is usually polite.
塞西尔在大庭广众中通常很有礼貌, 但私下里很粗鲁。
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We shouldn't seek after comfort, personal fame, or gain.
我们不应该贪图安逸, 追名逐利。