But many small mills that are more sensitive to prices began cutting production last month in response to slack demand.

但为了应对需求不振的局面，许多对价格更敏感的小型钢铁公司上月已开始减产。

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In periods of slack demand, the single most important factor that drives profitability is the ability to do more with less.

在需求疲软的时期，提高盈利的最重要因素是少花钱多办事。

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Slack demand for distillates — which include heating oil as well as diesel — in top consumer the United States swelled inventories to 26-year highs in 2009.

2009年由于消费大户美国的需求迟滞，导致包括取暖油和柴油在内的馏分油库存激增至26年高位。

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The factory is giving Amanda two weeks off next month because of slack demand for SUVs.

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Reasons for the slack demand include perceived high gold prices and a poor monsoon season depressing consumer demand.

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Slack demand forced Continental Airlines to end its nonstop service from Newark, N.

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