Once you weaken one leg, the stool begins to lose its balance and fall.

一旦你踢松了其中一条凳腿，整张凳子就开始失去平衡，接而倒塌。

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Environmentalists have cheered the recent defections from the Chamber, hoping they might weaken one of the best-funded opponents of the climate legislation.

近期一些企业脱离美国商会的现象令环保主义者欢呼雀跃，他们希望这会让气候立法最为财大气粗的一位反对者受到削弱。

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One likely option is raising Ireland's corporate tax - Bowman said that would weaken the country's economy.

其中一个可能的选择是提高企业税。但鲍曼认为，此举将削弱爱尔兰经济。

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Whether Mr Hoon will be ready further to weaken one of Britain's few remaining national champions at a time when its shares have been beaten up remains to be seen.

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The problem of course being that to encourage one we weaken the incentives to do the other, either way around.

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One can argue that multiple pages can weaken your position, but this is not how things work in Facebook: users jump from one page to another without any specific discovery pattern in mind (if you look for a scientific word to describe this behavior and impress your colleagues, try serendipity).

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