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The seventh child was a boy, the answer to his parents’ prayer, the pet and plaything of his elder sisters.
第七个孩子是个男孩，这是对父母的祈祷和姐姐们准备的宠物与玩具的回报。
So what should we do to prevent these threads from becoming the plaything of undisclosed corporate interests?
那么我们应该做些什么来阻止这些主题成为见不得人的公司利益的玩物呢？
From the moment in early 1999 when Sony announced its second-generation home video game console, the Play-Station 2, it was clear this would no mere plaything.
从1999年初索尼公司宣布其第二代家庭视频游戏机即“玩家2”面市的那一刻起，就很清楚，“玩家2”将不仅仅是玩具。

On the streets, we struck up a few casual conversations with passers-by about our newfound plaything.
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Some see his ownership of Chelsea as a passing fad, a plaything he may soon, for want of new trophies, tire of.
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