It's telling us that if even one of us cheats just a little bit,

它告诉我们即使恶行看起来是很小的
I just provide one item of rotten fruit to Jake

比如我只给杰克了一个烂苹果
or he gives me one too few branches of asparagus in his provisions to me,

或者说他只是少给了我一根芦笋
then we never do business with each other again ever.

我们可能永远都不会和对方做生意了
It's completely the end. We just never cooperate again.

至此而终毫无返回的余地
That seems a little bit drastic. It's a little bit draconian if you like.

这有点过激你可以说是反应过度
So in particular, in the real world, there's a complication here,

其实现实是很复杂的
in the real world every now and then

现实生活中每时每刻
one of us going "to cheat" by accident.

都会有人不经意得欺骗了某人
That day that I didn't have my glasses on

那天我没有戴眼镜
and I put in a rotten apple in the apples I supplied to Jake.

我就不小心给杰克了一个烂苹果
In the fruit, he was counting out the asparagus

杰克在数要交给我的芦笋