They felt it was better to control vice, segregate it, keep it away from nice neighborhoods, than to engage in the futile task of trying to get rid of it altogether.

• 他们认为，控制并隔离卖淫，使他们远离遵纪守法的居民，要比致力于完成将它们一并铲除这个希望渺茫的任务要好得多。