Steve Stradling, Professor of Transport Psychology at Napier University, Edinburgh, said: "A key factor is that women get less fun out of risk-taking

爱丁堡纳皮尔大学的运输心理学教授史蒂夫·斯特拉德林说:"其中一个关键因素是女性不太热衷于冒险。

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The traffic will get less congested soon.

交通阻塞会迅速疏通。

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1:Jack Ma was in a triumphant mood shortly after Ant Group, his Chinese fintech firm, priced its initial public offering—set to be the world's biggest ever, with almost $40bn worth of shares sold.2:Speaking at a summit in Shanghai on October 24th, he chided regulators for being too focused on preventing financial risks.3:Red tape, he said, only held up innovation.4:Ten days later his words came back to haunt him.5:Less than 48 hours before its stock was to begin trading in Hong Kong and Shanghai, Ant was forced by Chinese regulators to halt the flotation.

1:就在马云旗下的中国金融科技公司“蚂蚁集团”首次公开募股确定发行价后不久，马云情绪高涨。蚂蚁集团发行的股票价值近400亿美元，将成为全球有史以来规模最大的IPO。2:10月24日在上海的一次峰会上，他指责监管机构过于关注防范金融风险。3:他说，繁文缛节只会阻碍创新。4:10天后，他的话再次令他困扰。5:就在蚂蚁金服在香港和上海上市不到48小时前，中国监管机构迫使蚂蚁金服暂缓上市。

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1: That may be less lucrative than it hoped for, but do not shed any tears for Cheng Yu-tung, the firm’s billionaire boss. 2: The weakness of this deal (which would still rank as one of the bigger placements this year) has more to do with market turmoil than any specific snags confronting CTF. 3: Though almost unknown in the West, the firm is a goliath, with a reported $4.5 billion in sales last year, leaping ahead at a rate of over 50% a year. It is already more than twice the size of Tiffany & Co, a posh American jeweller. 4: A recent analysis by George Washington University and L2, a think-tank, found the brand is better known in China than Rolex, Bulgari or Tiffany.

1:那或许没有“周大福”期望的那么有利可图，但不要为其亿万富翁老板郑裕彤掉一滴眼泪。2:股票发行有所削减（仍然是今年较大的一次发行），更多的是受市场波动的影响，而不是由于“周太福”本身的任何具体问题。3:尽管西方对“周大福”几乎一无所知，但这家公司是头巨鳄。据报道它去年的销售额为45亿美元，以一年超过50%的速率跳跃式发展，其规模已是一流的美国珠宝商蒂芙尼的两倍还多。4:近期由乔治?华盛顿大学和智库L2作出的分析发现，在中国，“周大福”这一品牌的知名度超过“劳力士”、“宝格丽”和“蒂芙尼”。

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1: If demography is indeed destiny, perhaps this figure should not be surprising. 2: More soldiers are male than female, and the male jobless rate exceeds women’s. 3: Since so many soldiers lack a college degree, the fact that the recession has been particularly hard on the less educated hits veterans disproportionately. 4: Large numbers of young veterans work—or worked—in stricken industries such as manufacturing and construction. 5: Whatever the cause, this bleak trend is occurring as the last American troops leave Iraq at the end of this year, and as more than 1m new veterans are expected to join the civilian labour force over the next four years.

1:如果说年龄结构决定失业率高低的话，大概下面的数字应该不会让人惊奇。2:男性士兵的人数要大于女性士兵的人数。理所当然，男性退伍士兵的失业率也要比女性退伍士兵高。3:因为许多士兵并未获得过大学文凭，事实上，经济衰退对受教育程度较差的士兵打击非常大。4:很大一部分年轻的退伍士兵，现在或曾经在受到了严重的冲击的领域，如制造业和建筑业中工作。5:无论原因为何，受教育越少，在经济衰退中受打击越大，这一形势将伴随着最后一批美国参战士兵在今年年底离开伊拉克，回到美国。未来四年间，将有超过一百万的新退伍士兵将涌入民政劳动力市场。

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1:When the German Democratic Republic (GDR) in the east united with the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) in 1990, the mothers of young children led very different lives.Life expectancy and incomes were much lower in the east, but communism did at least seem to lead to greater gender equality in labour-market outcomes.2:Encouraged by state policies and party ideology, mothers were almost as likely to work as fathers, and most worked full-time.3:In the west, where state and church encouraged mums to stay at home, less than half were in paid employment, and most of those worked part-time.

1:在1990年东部的德意志民主共和国和德意志联邦共和国合并之时，年幼子女的妈妈们过着截然不同的生活，东德的预期寿命和收入较低，不过对于劳动力市场结果来说，共产主义至少维护了在性别平等方面作出了贡献。2:在国家政策和政党意识形态的鼓励下，妈妈们几乎和爸爸们一样愿意工作，而且大多是全职工作。3:在西德，政府和教会鼓励妈妈们呆在家里，只有不到一半的妈妈们有带薪工作，而且大多是兼职。

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1:Yet the likely recession will strain public finances.2:Figures for the first seven months of the financial year suggest that the government is roughly on track to meet its borrowing target of ￡122 billion (around 8% of GDP) for 2011-12.3:Yet the number of people claiming unemployment benefit has risen each month since March (see chart).4:Many economists believe the Office for Budget Responsibility, the independent fiscal watchdog, will take a dimmer view of the economy’s medium-term prospects.5:That would imply less of the budget deficit will be eroded as the economy expands to its full potential, and that more of it is therefore structural.

1:这场衰退有可能限制公共财政支出。2:2011-12财政年度的前7个月统计数据显示政府已经大致完成其借款目标——1220亿英镑。3:自3月以来，获得失业金的人数每月都在上升。4:血多经济学家认为独立的财政监督——预算责任部会对中期经济前景会有更低的预期。5:经济会发挥到最大潜力而且大部分赤字是结构性的，这意味着更少的预算赤字会坏账赖账。

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As per the law of increasing returns, them that has get more votes, the have-nots get less .

按照收益递增的法则，多劳者多得，少劳者少得。

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Newspapers are hurting so much that they could be willing to get less for less.

报业受到重创，他们愿意少花点儿钱，少点儿内容。

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Universal energy cleanses your nervous system. You get less negative thoughts and emotions.

本源能量能够清理你的神经系统，使你获得更少的负面情绪和想法。

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You don't say! Road warriors work longer hours, get less exercise, eat worse, are more stressed, and have messed-up sleep schedules.

常年出差在外的人工作时间更长，运动更少，吃的更差，压力更大，睡眠时间不规律。

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When clouds drift in front of the sun, shadows get less distinct. Add fog, and the shadows disappear.

当云层遮挡住阳光，物体上的阴影会明显减少，如果有雾，阴影则会消失。

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In reality, patrolling frigates get less than ten minutes' notice of an attack.

而事实上，巡航护卫舰在不到10分钟的时间内就可得到船只遭受海盗袭击的消息。

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"When you hear half of a conversation, you get less information and you can't predict as well, " she said. "It requires more attention. "

她说：“当你只听到一半的谈话时，你得到的信息较少，也不好去预测，所以需要更多的注意力。”

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Nonetheless, there are two things I find get less attention than they deserve. They come in the form of a pop quiz

尽管如此，我还是发现有两个事实没有得到应有的重视。

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Desperation makes you get less than you deserve.

绝望会使你得到的比你应得的要少。

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Production also decreases in older people and those living in northern areas that get less sunlight.

老年人和那些日照较少住在北方的人产生的维生素也会减少。

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You can sell at any time but you could get less than your investment if there were a property market downturn.

你可以随时卖出，但如果当时处于地产市场低迷时期，你回收的资金可能会低于投资额。

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You get less cheating, and where you feel you can trust people, you can enter into business dealings with more confidence.

你上当受骗的机会更少；在一个你感到能够信任他人的环境中，你可以更有信心的开展业务。

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If you work harder than before but you get less satisfaction from life, it is time to do something.

如果你比以前工作努力，但对生活的满意度却在下降，此时你可以考虑干别的事情了。

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When you get less sleep than that on consecutive nights, you begin to accrue "sleep debt. "

如果你连续数晚睡眠都少于这个时间，你就要开始负上“睡眠债”。

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If you get less than thirty emails a day, checking your email twice in a day should be good enough.

如果你每天收到少于三十封电邮，两天查看一次就够了。

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Working less doesn't mean you have to slack off or get less done. It does mean that you

少工作并不是让你懈怠或者是少做事情，而是让你

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Flows may also get less regular, especially if glacial dams form, withholding water, and then collapse, causing floods.

水还将逐渐减少，特别需要注意的是如果冰川形成屏障阻碍水流流动，那么冰川消融之后则会引发洪灾。

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His schemes may get less hare-brained, and you will slowly get used to the shocking sight of his fresh face.

随着时间推移，他的想法可能会变得不那么轻率，而你，也将慢慢习惯他那令人憎恶的年轻脸庞。

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So for me it will be a challenge to take a more macro approach to things and get less involved in the details.

所以，对于我来说，挑战是采取更为宏观的方法来处理事情，并减少对细节的参与。

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They note that the males may be weaker, because they get less sleep due to the lights.

他们提道，由于灯光让雄鸟睡眠少了，所以它们身体更加虚弱。

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I'm always praying you stop being so sanctimonious and miraculously get less full of shit.

我一直祈祷你不要再这么假模假式的装圣人，祈祷你能奇迹般地少说点屁话。

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More ice melts in summer and then you get less in winter.

夏天融化的冰更多了，冬天结成的冰则更少。

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Now Maggie will get less retirement income than she had originally planned.

现在M得到的退休金比她原计划要少。

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