这些罢工者要求得到更高的工资,州政府说他们无力支付。
The strikers want higher wages, which state governments say they can't afford.
“我没有睡着,”他声音嘶哑无力地说,“你们说的每一个字我都听见了。”
"I wasn't asleep," he said in a hoarse, feeble voice, "I heard every word you fellows were saying."
“奇怪,我感到很疲倦,兰特。”莫尔说,它有气无力地伏在桨上,由着船漂流。
"I feel strangely tired, Rat," said the Mole, leaning wearily over his oars as the boat drifted.
“不过,恐怕你还是嫌麻烦。”癞蛤蟆有气无力地说。
"I'm afraid it is the trouble you mind, though," replied the Toad languidly.
从另一方面说,州破产法将可能引起未来的灾难,一些州可能无力支付工人的退休金和医疗费用。
A state bankruptcy law, on the other hand, would prepare for a possible future calamity: the inability of some states to pay for workers' pensions and health care.
有未经证实的报导说,圣埃斯特万正面临破产,无力支付矿工工资。
Unconfirmed reports say San Esteban is on the verge of bankruptcy and cannot afford the miners' wages.
“哈姆斯·沃斯先生,”我无力地说。
今天我跟我男朋友说,由于我失业了,所以我可能无力给他或其他朋友买圣诞节礼物了。
Today, I told my boyfriend that since I lost my job I can't afford a Christmas present for him, or anyone.
次级借款人“指的是,那些信用记录较差的借款人,或在其他方面显示,他们很可能无力偿还贷款,也就是说他们很可能违约。”
A "Subprime borrower" is somebody who has a poor credit history or some other indication that would suggest that they might not be able to repay the mortgage — they might default.
“如果你们愿意再给我一分钟……”,卡丁先生无力的说,“我只剩下几张幻灯片了……”人群更加骚动。
"If you just give me a moment..." Mr Cardin says feebly, "I only have a few more slides..." The crowd is ever more restless.
“人类对掠食者而言是弱小、无力防御与易受伤害的,”威廉学院生物人类学家、《进化之神》的作者芭芭拉。J .金说。
"Human beings were small, defenseless and vulnerable to predators," says Barbara J. King, biological anthropologist at the College of William and Mary and author of Evolving God.
军事行动这种方式——当然说比做容易——客气点讲,就是让那些既无力胜任,又想要诉诸武力或予以协助的人,以牙还牙。
The strategy—easier said than done, to put it mildly those who are both incapable of it and willing to resort to, or assist in, acts such as those seen this week.
他补充说,这种状况导致了这些国家巨大的挫败感,也让他们意识到自己无力改变现状。
This, he added, had generated huge frustration as well as a realization that there is little they can do to change the situation.
印尼获得了某些同情,该国抱怨说,它在出让宝贵的知识产权的同时,很有可能无力购买日后开发出来的疫苗。
Indonesia won some sympathy for its complaint that it was giving away precious intellectual property, while it might well be unable to afford the vaccines which are then developed.
我们忙于应对各式其他事物,无力去给予形势以足够的关注,更不必说去抵制了。
And we have been too busy to pay enough attention to understand the situation and to resist it.
眼下,没有理由相信违约的风险已经迫在眉睫,或者说银行业一定无力应对希腊风暴。
For now, there is no reason to believe a default is imminent or that the Banks would be unable to handle the Greek storm.
非常好。她用有气无力的声音说。
“你所能见的景象是,原本收入中等的人在金融风暴中被彻底击垮,无力翻身,”凯伦·巴德说。
"What you're seeing is people at the bottom rung of the economic ladder being taken off the economic ladder entirely," Kleinbard said.
我有气无力地握了握他的手说。
因为无力维持继续殖民统治的成本,再加上其国内也急需精良的劳动力,重建因两次世界大战带给英国的惨重的损失,英国只能对它的殖民统治说再见了。
Unable to sustain the cost of colonizing these countries, and needing better quality labor to replenish what had been lost in the two world wars, Britain simply threw in the towel.
在斯里兰卡,据报告说,沿海地区的大部分公共卫生基础设施遭受破坏,功能单位已经无力应付。
In Sri Lanka, much of the public health infrastructure in coastal areas is reportedly damaged and functional units are overwhelmed.
如果用来比喻人类与战争的关系,“上瘾”显得那么的苍白无力,也有失准确,“寄生”要更加切中要害一些,甚至说成“掠夺”也不为过。
"Addiction" provides only a pallid and imprecise analogy for the human relationship to war; parasitism — or even predation — is more to the point.
“孩子自己也越来越害怕,我不知道怎么跟他说,现在感到无能无力”,周说。
"He is getting more and more scared," Mr. Zhou said. "I don't know what to say to him." I just feel totally powerless.
不管怎么说,我无力了,我需要保留愤怒来应对下一波更糟糕的变动。
In any case, I only have so much time, and need to save my rage for the next section of even more egregious changes.
他们第一次警告说,现代医学正在接近失去功能的极限,因为抗生素无力对付危及生命的院内感染。
They have warned for the first time that modern medicine is reaching a point when it will no longer be able to function because antibiotics are powerless to fight life-threatening hospital infections.
佐利克说,和以往经济反弹不同,美国现在无力带动全球增长。
Unlike in past economic rebounds, the United States is not in a position to drive global growth, according to the World Bank's Robert Zoellick.
佐利克说,和以往经济反弹不同,美国现在无力带动全球增长。
Unlike in past economic rebounds, the United States is not in a position to drive global growth, according to the World Bank's Robert Zoellick.
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