当经济全速前进时，中国无暇顾及上述问题；但在萧条时期，中国关闭了国内那些废旧(和最没有效率)的煤炭和石油发电厂。

When the economy was firing on all cylinders, there was no capacity to spare, but in these slack times China has closed some of its oldest (and most inefficient) coal - and oil-fired power plants.

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对过去20年来新闻报道文章的分析表明，当评论员们开始对经济状况做最坏打算时，可怕的“萧条”字眼出现频率变高。而目前的萧条指数已经是过去20年来的最高值了。

A survey of newspaper articles over the past two decades shows a sharp spike in mentions of the dreaded D-word, as commentators have started to think the worst.

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对过去20年来新闻报道文章的分析表明，当评论员们开始对经济状况做最坏打算时，可怕的“萧条”字眼出现频率变高。而目前的萧条指数已经是过去20年来的最高值了。

A survey of newspaper articles over the past two decades shows a sharp spike in mentions of the dreaded D-word, as commentators have started to think the worst.

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