This could be an advance on the present situation.

这可能是对目前情况的一次改善。

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This could be a very, very serious situation.

这可能是一种非常危急的处境。

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This axiom is reasonable for "legacy" applications, but it would be better to verify my original intuition so that new development projects could choose the right approach for the right situation.

这句格言对于“早期的”应用程序非常合理，但能验证我原来的直觉则更好，因为新开发项目可以在适当的情况下选择适当的方法。

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"When you have a situation like this occur, you are bound to have a situation down the line where there could be a shortage in food, which can also trigger other negative situations, such as malnutrition, for example, or insufficient food for cattle, which is also another important economic sector in West Africa,".

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This situation could be an opportunity.

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But this situation could be reviewed.

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This overall world currency devaluation situation could be an underlying bullish factor for the precious metals down the road, due to the inflationary implications.

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