Let's look at a hypothetical situation in which Carol, a recovering alcoholic, gets invited to a party.

我们来假设一下这样一个情景，卡罗尔，一个正在康复中的嗜酒者，被邀情去参加一场聚会。

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"She's a recovering alcoholic," Scott explains.

“她正在戒酒。”斯科特解释说。

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But when it comes to inflation, Brazil is a recovering alcoholic.

但是提及通货膨胀，巴西就像一个恢复中的酒鬼。

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Beck, a recovering alcoholic, says he needed to bottom out before he could recover.

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But Mr Cardoso's officials were once wont to say that, like a recovering alcoholic, Brazil could not afford even a small shot of inflation.

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Anna Larke was depicted as a "recovering alcoholic" and a self-harmer.

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