A more meaningful measure of the labor and human potential going to waste is the fact that almost one in four Britons aged sixteen to sixty-four are now classed as "inactive" in the labor market.

另一个对劳动力和人类潜能造成浪费的手段是在英国存在这样一个事实，从16岁到64岁之间，每四个人就有一个人在劳动力市场上被定为“不再工作的。”

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The secondary market is inactive, he says, because sellers set the price too high.

二手房市场不够活跃，他表示，这是因为卖家的报价过高。

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The world market has been rather inactive recently.

全球市场近来不活跃。

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Rangers have been inactive in the transfer market so far this summer, but Weir expects boss Smith to bring in some new faces ahead of the new campaign.

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Because virtually everyone will, at some point, need health services, no one is truly inactive, and the health services market is inextricably intertwined with health insurance.

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When joblessness rose in those recessions, the number of people who were out of the labour market altogether - "economically inactive" - also went up.

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