Before you can say "difficult second album", sales of ocarinas (a small handheld flute-like instrument) in Japan have spiralled and Link is boots-deep in groupies on a 50-day world tour.

在你能够说出“一张专辑都难卖出去”这样的话之前，笛子在日本的销售额已经不断上升，林克也在进行50日环球演出时，淹没在粉丝堆里了。

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While this might be technically relatively easy for someone who works in the media or IT industries, spending a lot of time online will be comparably more difficult for, say, a teacher or sales clerk.

在技术上而言这对那些在传媒或IT界工作的人会容易些，而对那些从事教师或销售员之类工作的人就相对困难些。

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"Next year will be a difficult year compared with the last few years," Mr. Zhang said, as some of the stimulus policies that have boosted auto sales expire at the end of this year.

“与过去几年相比，明年将会是艰难的一年，”分析师张豫这样说，随着一些已经促进了汽车销售刺激的政策在年终即将结束。

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Raising rates on a national sales tax would be a difficult task.

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Not only do those pressures create a more difficult sales environment for Altria, but the publicity regarding health risks also increases the potential for lawsuits.

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If Tiffany were to lose this business it would have created a huge sales hole that would be difficult to fill particularly during a time when consumers have become much more cautious of their discretionary spending.

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