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EXAMPLE: As with other places where terrorism has occurred (the UK and the IRA, Spain and ETA), investors have become used to the threat.
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例证：正如在其他出现过恐怖事件的地方（爱尔兰共和军在英国、埃塔在西班牙）一样，投资者已对恐怖袭击的威胁习以为常。 |
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EXAMPLE: At first people looking at our new cars suffered from sticker shock，but when they drove our cars and saw how luxurious and well-designed they were，our sales began to rise steadily.
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起初人们都对我们的新汽车的高昂价格感到惊讶，但是当他们驾驶这些汽车,并亲眼目睹了其豪华和优质的设计后．销售量便开始稳步上升。 |
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EXAMPLE: Because local land officials accepted bribes, there has been an encroachment of heavily polluting industries into the nation's finest agricultural regions.
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当地土地部门官员接受贿赂，使得一些污染严重的工业进入该国最好的农业区。 |
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EXAMPLE: Because of the depressed economy, many talented but underemployed college graduates are working as delivery person and laborers.
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由于经济低迷，很多富有才华的大学毕业生学非所用，从事送货或者其他体力工作。 |
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EXAMPLE: Because she had worked at her company for many years and had seniority, my sister was able to take her yearly vacation whenever she wanted to.
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由于我姐姐在公司工作了多年并且颇具资历，她随时都可以休年假。 |
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EXAMPLE: Because the regional economy has turned bad and our sales are low, we have decided to retrench and postpone plans to build a new manufacturing plant next year.
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由于该地区的经济已经转糟，而且我们的销售额很低，我们决定紧缩开支，推迟明年建造新制造厂的计划。 |
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EXAMPLE: Competition between Beijing and Shanghai to become China's financial centre intensified yesterday as Beijing officials embarked on a high-profile European roadshow, seeking to persuade international financial institutions to base themselves in th
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例证：北京与上海争夺“中国金融中心”的竞争昨天加剧，北京市官员开始了一场大张旗鼓的欧洲路演，寻求说服各家国际金融机构把它们的地区总部设到北京。 |
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EXAMPLE: Despite our best advertising efforts, the expensive new product did not sell well, so our company decided to pull the plug on it before we wasted any more time or money.
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虽然我们在广告方面做出了最大的努力，那个昂贵的新产品仍然销路不佳，因此我们公司决定不再对该产品提供支持，以免浪费更多的时间或金钱。 |
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EXAMPLE: Developing countries that implement the Kyoto protocol and other international treaties on human rights, labour standards and the environment will be rewarded with a lighter tariff burden, theEuropean Commission announced yesterday.
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例证：欧盟委员会昨天宣布，那些执行《京都议定书》和其他有关人权、劳工标准和环境等国际条约的发展中国家，将获得欧盟较低关税的奖励。 |
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EXAMPLE: Edison's invention of the electric light bulb brought about large scale changes in daily life.
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爱迪生发明电灯，给人们的日常生活带来很大变化。 |
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EXAMPLE: Emolument from his extensive financial consulting practice enabled him to buy a large estate in the south of France.
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他从大量财务咨询工作中获取的报酬使他得以在法国南部购买了一处大的房产。 |
