In China, sales have been driven by ivory's appeal as a traditional symbol of wealth and status.

在中国，象牙历来是财富和地位的象征，这种独特的吸引力推动了象牙销售。

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The US household savings rate has risen, driven by the need for US households to rebuild wealth.

在美国，由于家庭重新积累财富的需要，家庭储蓄率有所上升。

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Though his wealth allowed him a desultory life, he was “driven and motivated by his goals, ” as a relative put it.

虽然他的财富足够让他过上衣食无忧的生活，但如一名亲属所言，他“有自己的奋斗目标，这一直鞭策和激励着他”。

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These new products further AMD's vision for the next era of Surround Computing -- the convergence of computing ecosystems that result in immersive experiences across a wealth of form factors with new consumer-driven natural interfaces.

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Nominally socialist China is a capitalist nation, they quip, while Japan's market capitalism is actually the world's most successful socialist model in disguise, pointing with pride at the nation's narrow wealth gap, broad prosperity and bureaucrat-driven infrastructure spending that has paved their islands and endowed the nation with, among other things, an impressive rail network.

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But this increased demand for core assets from financial institutions and sovereign-wealth funds buying into real estate for the first time has driven up prices and driven down yields.

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