That the sell-off was not even worse primarily reflects the possibility that a deal may yet happen.

这次股价的下跌不是想象的那么更坏主要是反映了这笔交易重新再来的可能。

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The Hatter was the only one who got any advantage from the change: and Alice was a good deal worse off than before, as the March Hare had just upset the milk jug into his plate.

这次挪动唯一得到好处的是帽匠，爱丽丝的位子比以前差多了，因为三月兔把牛奶罐打翻在位子上了。

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The Syrians straddle the fence between the order of conservative nations on the one hand and this alliance with Iran on the other and it would make perfect sense for Bashar al-Assad to pose as the mediator with the Iranians, which means: hey,if you folks think I'm bad, think of the Iranians,they're much worse, but I have credit in their bank and I can deal with the Iranians."

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He was convinced that once the companies realized that the deal would only get worse for them the longer they held out, they would come aboard.

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