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Many governments across Europe have sworn to do something about the parlous state of their universities.
歐洲很多國(guó)家政府都承諾要為大學(xué)的危險(xiǎn)狀況做出努力。
To persuade the investors to take on such a tricky job in a country with such parlous politics, the government agreed to forgo its share of the revenues until they had recouped their costs.
為了說(shuō)服投資者參與到這個(gè)危險(xiǎn)的工作中來(lái)，而且當(dāng)時(shí)的俄羅斯政治形勢(shì)又是異常嚴(yán)峻，所以政府就同意放棄了持有股份直到投資方收回成本為止。
They know this will put further strain on their parlous finances, but shopping is their way of dealing with stress of debt.
他們知道這會(huì)對(duì)他們本已危險(xiǎn)的財(cái)務(wù)狀況帶來(lái)壓力，但購(gòu)物卻是他們處理債務(wù)壓力的的方式。

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