Many people are desperate to leave behind the rubble-strewn streets and precarious structures that have been weakened by dozens of aftershocks.

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I think we're still in a precarious situation but I think we do have central bankers who are working effectively given the tools that they have.

我认为我们仍处于一个不稳固的情形之中,但是我们也有那些,用手中的金融工具有效率地工作的,中央银行主。

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Anyway, your loan-to-value ratio is getting pretty precarious because your house is now down 30% in value; your loan-to-value ratio, if we were to give you $5,000, would be something like 90%.

你的贷款价值比变得很不安全,因为你的房子已经贬值30%,如果我们借给你5000美金,你的贷款价值比率在90%左右

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Though his position is precarious, she doesn't believe his role is necessarily entering its final days.

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But this is a precarious strategy that is utterly dependent on preventing cracks in that base.

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The organisation's statement acknowledged that the situation was precarious and the medical needs still great.

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