A Certain City desiring to purchase a site for a public Deformatory procured1 an appropriation2 from the Government of the country. Deeming this insufficient3 for purchase of the site and payment of reasonable commissions to themselves, the men in charge of the matter asked for a larger sum, which was readily given. Believing that the fountain could not be dipped dry, they applied4 for still more and more yet. Wearied at last by their importunities, the Government said it would be damned if it gave anything. So it gave nothing and was damned all the harder.
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1 procured | |
v.(努力)取得, (设法)获得( procure的过去式和过去分词 );拉皮条 | |
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2 appropriation | |
n.拨款,批准支出 | |
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3 insufficient | |
adj.(for,of)不足的,不够的 | |
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4 applied | |
adj.应用的;v.应用,适用 | |
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