提示：点击例句中的单词，就可以看到词义解释

First , state-level politics can play a pernicious role .

首先，国家一级的政治发挥了有害作用。

The pernicious link between banks and governments stymies progress .

银行与政府之间的恶性联系会阻碍发展。

Now the focus is on inequality itself , and its supposedly pernicious consequences .

现在焦点关注在了不平等这一现象的本身，以及它致命的后果。

If elections are to remain , states can at least try to fight their most pernicious effects .

如果保留选举，各州应起码努力克服其最坏的影响。

The pernicious link will persist .

这种有害联系将长期存在。