[...]111:“PARIS is the only city in the world where it is hard to find a taxi.”2:So in 2008 said an embarrassed Nicolas Sarkozy, then France’s president, exasperated by the near-impossibility of hailing a cab on the capital’s streets.3:He vowed to fix the problem, but backed down after cabbies blocked the streets during days of protest.4:Six years on, his Socialist successor, Fran?ois Hollande, is again facing up to taxi drivers, this time as incumbents try to keep out smartphone-enabled private cabs.

[...]111:“巴黎是世界上唯一一个很难打到的城市。”2:2008年时任法国总统的萨科齐尴尬地说。他被在首都的街道上几乎不可能拦到的士这一状况给激怒了。3:他发誓要解决这个问题，然而的士司机们连日的抗议罢工让其打消了这个念头。4:六年后，他的社会党接班人奥朗德，再次直面出租车司机。这次是站在的士司机的角度，抵制带有智能操控功能的私人出租车。

属类：时事政治-经济学人双语版-法国改革 出租车战争

1:Such differences have inexorably widened since the end of the cold war, a process that has accelerated since Mr Obama took office.[...]112:The reasons are not hard to find .3:For a start, surging oil production at home has sharply lessened America’s dependence on Saudi oil, even as Mr Obama’s determination to extract American forces from such quagmires as Iraq and Afghanistan has been reducing the American bootprint in the region.

1:两国间那些不可避免的分歧于冷战结束后扩大，又自奥巴马执政以来加快。[...]112:原因很简单。3:首先，美国石油自产量的飙升缓和了对沙特石油的依赖性。尽管奥巴马关于从伊拉克，阿富汗撤军的决定减少了美在中东地区的脚印。

属类：时事政治-经济学人双语版-沙特跟老美 别扭扭

1:It is symbolically fitting that Klaus Wowereit, the gay and flamboyant Berliner who famously described his city as “poor but sexy”, has just retired after 13 years as mayor, to be replaced by a relatively grey protégé, Michael Müller.2:After decades of being subsidised byGermany’s richer states,Berlinnow balances its budget.3:It is like an adolescent who has grown up and wants to prove he’s responsible.4:Hence its bid to host the Olympics in either 2024 or 2028.[...]115:WithinGermanyand evenEuropeit is still hard to find a more exciting city.6:And yet, as the new nostalgia suggests,Berlin’s best days may already be behind it.

1:恰如前柏林市长克劳斯?沃维雷特所说，这是一个“贫穷又性感”的城市—他是一个个性分明的同性恋者，刚刚从长达13年的市长之位上卸任。下一届出任的市长为稍显黯淡的门徒米哈尔·米勒。2:柏林经受了德国发达州市数十年的欺辱，如今预算平衡。3:它像是刚成年，急于证明自己能有担当的青年人。4:因此，它申办2024年或2028年奥运会。[...]115:在德国，甚至是欧洲，依然难以找到一座更激奋人心的城市。6:然而，如新一代怀旧者所言，柏林的巅峰时光已经一去不复返。

属类：时事政治-经济学人双语版-柏林映像 风华渐失

1:Saudi Arabia is the only other country in the region with comparable heft to Egypt.2:Algeria has huge potential but the regulations change too often for it to appeal.3:Other countries are small or, like Syria, off-limits for obvious reasons.4:So funds often look for portfolio firms with regional potential.5:“The Arab world is only 350m people so we go for businesses that can capitalise on this by being regional or expect to expand regionally,” says Mustafa Abdel-Wadood of Abraaj Capital, a $7.5 billion emerging-markets firm based in Dubai.6:That requires expertise many funds lack.[...]117:“Most funds realise they need operational managers who know how to grow a business in the region,” says one local analyst. “But they can be hard to find .”

1:沙特阿拉伯是中东-北非地区唯一与埃及实力相当的国家。2:阿尔及利亚虽潜力巨大，怎奈频繁变动的监管机构令其吸引力大打折扣。3:其他国家或为小国，或如叙利亚，受限制原因显而易见。4:于是，基金常常寻找具有区域潜能的投资组合公司。5:新兴市场公司Abraaj Capital总资产75亿美元，总部设在迪拜，公司的Mustafa Abdel-Wadood说，“阿拉伯世界仅有3.5亿人口，所以我们投资的是能够利用这一特点具备地域性，或有望在区域内扩张的企业。”6:这所要求的专业知识也恰是大多数基金所缺少的。[...]117:当地某分析师称，“大多数基金意识到，他们需要熟知如何在这一地区发展生意的运营经理。但这样的人才寥寥无几。”

属类：时事政治-经济学人双语版-私募股权和阿拉伯之春

Businesses lobby for lots of things they should not have: handouts from the taxpayer, handicaps imposed on their rivals. But it is hard to find fault in their plea for simpler rules, swifter bureaucratic decisions, government websites that a normal person can navigate and officials who actually answer the phone.

企业为了许多不属于他们的东西四处游说：纳税人的救济金，给对手造成的障碍。然而，我们很难去指责他们想要简单条例、更迅速的官僚决策、普通人可以使用的政府网站以及可以接通电话的官员。

属类：时事政治-经济学人双语版-小本生意的旺市与淡市 繁文缛节让人忧郁

"It was hard to find a crew that didn’t have at least one woman on it, " she said.

“每个小队至少都有一名女性成员。”她说。

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"You can censor cases, but it’s hard to find a single person responsible and it’s so quick. Before the propaganda order comes, it’s done. "

“你可以调查案子，但是很难找到个人对案件负责，而且速度很快，在宣传攻势到来之前，人都已经找到了。”

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MM: It’s really the only place to find discontinued or hard-to-find nail polishes.

MM：这真的是唯一一个能找到绝版或是限量指甲油的地方。

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Charging stations are few and far between, repair shops are hard to find and the cars are costly.

充电站的数量少、彼此间距离太远，修理车间难以寻觅，并且车辆的价格都不菲。

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Indeed, it’s hard to find a person who would confirm it aloud that he does not like, let’s say, animals.

打个比方，确实很难找到一个断然认定自己不喜欢动物的人。

属类：英汉句库-article.yeeyan.org-

Large parcels of good land can be hard to find . What is out there doesn’t come up for sale very often.

大片的良田不容易找到，而良田很少会上市出卖。

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However, even beyond that, the truth is often hard to find .

但除此之外，真相通常也是很难发现的。

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But with economists forecasting a deep recession in 2009, he may find it hard to find the money to fulfill those promises soon.

但经济学家预测，随着2009年美国经济进一步衰退，奥巴马可能会面临无米下锅，诺言成空的尴尬局面。

属类：英汉句库-cn.reuters.com-

But it can be hard to find time to be intimate when the kids are under foot.

但是当小孩仍然需要看护的情况下，你和你的爱人会很难找到合适的时间来亲密。

属类：英汉句库-article.yeeyan.org-

But it’s hard to find two smartphone platforms with such drastically different businesses.

但是很难找到这样两个智能手机平台，却做着大相径庭的生意。

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But most of us pay up without even realizing it, perhaps because the fee details are often hard to find .

但是我们大部分人甚至没有意识到这一点就付清了费用，也许是因为费用详情往往很难找到。

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There is not enough data that gets gathered to evaluate air quality in a given neighborhood and that data is hard to find .

但我们却没办法收集到足够多的数据以评估某个特定街区的空气质量，而且这类数据非常难找。

属类：英汉句库-article.yeeyan.org-

The conglomerate model may be tempting when cash is hard to find . But the moment will not last.

当很难搞到钱的时候，集团的经营模式可能很诱人，但是这种情况不会持续太久的。

属类：英汉句库-article.yeeyan.org-

When something horrible happens to a close friend, it can be hard to find the right words.

当可怕的事情发生在最好的朋友身上，可能会一时间找不到适当的言语来安慰他。

属类：英汉句库-article.yeeyan.org-

S. tries to go into these bad lands to fight the enemy, it is hard to find . The U.

当美军想要进入这些恶劣地区对敌人进行打击之时，他们才意识到这是一项多么艰难的任务。

属类：英汉句库-article.yeeyan.org-

When things go wrong, some work hard to find a way out while others totally lose the desire to think out any solution to the problem.

当事情进展得不顺利时，一些人努力去寻求出路，而另一些人则压根不去想解决问题的办法。

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I know when it’s time when it’s hard to find stuff, and when I look through my closet and find lots of stuff I rarely wear.

当我发现很难找到自己想要的衣服，当我翻遍衣橱发现很多衣服基本上没怎么穿的时候，我就知道我需要整理了。

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As has $1, 200 an ounce. And you don’t have to look very hard to find analysts calling for $1, 500. Next year.

而且你不用费力就能找到分析师关于1500美元每盎司的讨论，就在明年。

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Count Philip’s pilgrimage had dragged him out of his usual itinerary, and accommodation fit for a king was evidently hard to find .

菲利普伯爵的朝圣之行打乱了亨利国王一贯的行程，让他找不到像样的下榻之处。

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The upshot of Dr Finkel’s review is thus that love is as hard to find on the internet as elsewhere.

芬克博士研究的结论要点可以总结为：在网上寻找真爱并不比其他地方容易。

属类：英汉句库-article.yeeyan.org-

The choice of ancient Dao. It’s hard to find and buy. Story available?

古刀中的极品，可遇而千金难求。可有故事？

属类：无分类双语句库-hfsword.com-

AFTER the steepest decline since the Great Depression, unalloyed optimism among veteran stock market hands is hard to find .

股市发生了大萧条以来最大跌幅之后，资深股市老手中是很难找到纯粹的乐观情绪的。

属类：英汉句库-article.yeeyan.org-

Quality of employees: generally it is hard to find a superstar in outsourcing firms.

雇员素质：在外购工厂很难找到业务明星。

属类：英汉句库-article.yeeyan.org-

Good. Is it hard to find that lacquer?

好啊，大漆很难搞到吧？

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Good partners in business--and in life--are really hard to find , so treat them like gold.

好伙伴在经营中——和生活中——都是可遇而不可求的，一定要好好珍重他们。

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