It's that they were using these deprivations of pleasures in order to train the body and train the soul.

而是他们想通过停止行乐，来磨练身体和灵魂。

The material deprivations suffered by blacks under apartheid were bad enough. But the psychological damage is much deeper and more difficult to eradicate.

种族隔离之下，黑人们所遭受的物质剥削已经足够严厉，但是他们所受的精神摧残更为严酷也更难根除。

Our extraordinary powers of adaptation appear to help explain why absolute living standards simply may not matter much once we escape the physical deprivations of abject poverty.

一旦摆脱物质贫困，绝对的生活标准并不总是有效。人们的超凡适应能力可以解释这一点。