Granted, we're not very good at looking after our planet, and we are in a dire predicament, but thinking we'll be extinct in less than a century is a little over the top.

诚然，我们对自己的地球关爱不够，我们身处可怕的困境，但若说我们将在一个世纪内灭绝，这还真有点夸张。

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Had he told the truth then, he would not be in this predicament.

如果他在当时讲出了实情，他就不会处于现在这种困境中。

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What Greece's sad predicament underscores is that every economy is different and default could work better for some and not others.

希腊的悲哀窘境说明每个经济体都是不同的，对于有些经济体，违约可能有益，有些则不是。

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When finances and time are the two biggest factors one considers before deciding to have children, their predicament is not conducive to raising families.

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Tommy Chaney, Gavin's amateur coach at the Hall Green boxing club in Birmingham, said Gavin's predicament should not be allowed to affect the rest of the British team.

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Asked whether new laws were needed to enforce mining codes, Golborne said the laws were not to blame for the men's predicament: "The problem was that the owners did not do what they were told to, " he said.

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