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新闻例句：There is no sign of that, although there is a risk that Tehran, under pressure, could take retaliatory action that would be very damaging to the interests of the US and its allies in the region. 目前没有这样的迹象，尽管风险在于，压力之下的德黑兰方面可能会采取报复行动，严重损害美国及其地区盟友的利益。——来源：《Moscow shows that sanctions are a blunt instrument/美国的制裁有用吗？》

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新闻例句：The European ministers tried to calm tensions stoked by Washington’s plans for further military deployments in the Middle East and Iran’s announcement last week that it would no longer comply with important elements of its nuclear deal. 欧洲各国外长试图平息紧张局势，引发此轮紧张的是华盛顿方面在中东进一步军事部署的计划，以及伊朗上周宣布它将不再遵守核协议的重要内容。——来源：《Europeans warn Iran and US against triggering a conflict/欧洲大国警告美国和伊朗不要擦枪走火》

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新闻例句：Are we in the best of times? Or the end of times? One of the oddities of the current era is that extreme pessimism about the world coexists with extreme optimism — and both have a plausible case to make. 我们正处于大好时候？还是走到了时光的尽头？当前这个时代的怪相之一，是对世界的极端悲观与极端乐观并存，且两种态度都有合理的理由。——来源：《Attenborough, Gates and the battle between optimism and pessimism/科技进步来得及化解环境灾难吗？》

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新闻例句：US equity markets reeled after China announced that it would raise tariffs on $60bn worth of US goods. 中国宣布将提高600亿美元美国输华商品的关税后，美国股市大幅下跌。——来源：《China hits back with tariffs on $60bn of US goods/中国对600亿美元美国商品提高关税》

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新闻例句：In addition to my work as a journalist and author, I now had a host of other tasks to juggle — managing budgets, supervising staff, fundraising, developing and executing research projects, outreach and more. 除了做着记者和作家的工作之外，我现在还有很多其他的任务要处理——管预算、管员工、筹款、研究项目的开发和实施、业务拓展等等。——来源：《Work-work conflict needs addressing for companies to thrive/如何解决工作和工作之间的冲突？》

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新闻例句：Chinese costume dramas, equally lavish and likewise holding a nation in thrall, have added just such a layer of political piquancy to tales of intrigue and love in the Qing dynasty. 中国的古装剧同样奢华，同样吸引全国的观众，它们在清朝的阴谋和爱情故事中添加了这么一层政治嘲讽。——来源：《Political barbs of imperial era television dramas enthral Chinese viewers/宫廷剧让中国观众着迷》

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新闻例句：At a think-tank event during the Nato celebrations, vice-president Mike Pence castigated Germany for its inadequate defence spending and for being a “captive of Russia”. 在北约庆祝活动期间的一个智库活动上，美国副总统迈克•彭斯谴责德国国防支出不足，指责德国是“俄罗斯的俘虏”。——来源：《Trump treats Germany like ‘America’s worst ally’/美国和德国还能算盟友吗？》

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新闻例句：Concorde, of which we were all so proud, was the jewel in the crown. Our tastings would be punctuated by the noise of Concorde taking off. 协和式客机（我们都引以为傲）就如同皇冠上的宝石。我们的葡萄酒鉴定不时被协和式客机起飞的巨大轰鸣声所打断。——来源：《Jancis Robinson on the best and worst airline wine lists/哪家航空公司酒单最好？》

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新闻例句：The footage, co-starring flustered station staff and passengers at the end of their tethers, is exquisite theatre. 这段视频非常具有戏剧性，慌张的车站工作人员和已经忍无可忍的乘客是这段视频的主要人物。——来源：《Working-age Japan’s howl of rage against the elderly gains a name/“老害”引发日本社会不满》

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新闻例句：Some warn that the world of high debt and low interest rates will end in the fire of inflation. Others prophesy that it will end in the ice of deflation. 有人警告说，高负债和低利率的世界将毁在通胀的烈焰中。还有人预言它将毁于通缩的寒冰。——来源：《How the long debt cycle might end/本轮债务周期会如何收场？》