be obsessed with
沉迷
let alone
更不用说
settle
决定命运
religious commitment
宗教信仰
gratify appetites
满足需求
values of industriousness and thrift
勤奋和节约的价值观
ward off
防止 避开
in the former case
前一种的情况下
may well
很有可能
not as/so a. as
不及,比不上
act upon
对。。有作用
shop/factory floor
车间
end up doing sth
最终成为/做 (出乎意料)
as far as
就。。而言
as long as
只要
for fear that
唯恐
in store
即将到来 准备着
pin sth down
确切说明(了解)某事
peculiar to
为。。专有的
to the point of
达到。。的程度
be tempted to
不禁 受。。吸引去做
in dispute
饱受争议
a term of contempt
轻蔑的称呼
remove from
远离