They point out that defaults tend to occur at low points in the economic cycle, so that the years preceding a default tend to be ones of unusually poor growth by the defaulting country's standards.

他们指出，通常在经济周期的最糟时刻才会出现违约，所以，按照违约国家的标准，违约前几年经济状况就已经欠佳了。

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If you are at a low point in your marriage, be extra careful not to give in to the tendency to rewrite history and convince yourself that the positives were never there in the first place.

如果你不看好自己的婚姻的话，就应该极其地小心，以避免历史重演，同时要确信那些美好的往事不会再有了。

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However, it may be impossible for Microsoft to sell the device at any low price point without taking a loss.

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