The United States’ economy is expected to shrink by 1.6%, the euro area’s by 2% and Japan’s by 2.6%.

美国经济可能面临1.6%的负增长，欧洲国家经济将缩水2%，日本将缩水2.6%。

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The study explored how TF-2 induced cancer cell death and found that it caused such cells to shrink within three hours.

研究人员仔细查看了TF - 2是如何导致癌细胞死亡的，并发现它能在3小时内使此类细胞缩小。

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This month Cessna, maker of the popular Cessna Citation, said it would lay off an additional 2, 000 workers - its second round of cuts - and that the company would probably shrink production in 2009.

本月，著名飞机Cessna Citation的制造商，美国塞斯纳飞机公司宣布增加裁员2000名——这已经是第二轮裁员——并且公司可能在2009年减少产量。

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Even without default, the economy is forecast to shrink 2.2% this year and 4% next.

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The IMF has praised Monti's efforts to sort out Italy's public finances but says deregulation and labor reform require further effort, just as the Italian economy is forecast to shrink 2% this year.

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The report reckons that the number of underweight children will rise from 121m to 125m by 2010, assuming no change in the size of the world economy (in fact, it is expected to shrink 2% this year).

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