严重偏头痛可以用一种收缩血管的药物来治疗。

Severe migraines can be treated with a drug that constricts the blood vessels.

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由于全球金融危机的爆发，美国和其它主要国家的经济严重恶化，这些国家的经济也出现了收缩或是明显放缓。

Since the onset of the global financial crisis, they have seen their economies contract or sharply slow as the economic situation in the U.S. and other major nations deteriorates.

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英国工业联合会(CBI)和英国商会(British Chambers of Commerce)公布的季度经济预测报告都显示，英国经济明年将出现1991年上次经济衰退以来最严重的收缩。

Quarterly economic forecasts from both the CBI and the British Chambers of Commerce indicate the U.K. economy next year will shrink at its fastest pace since 1991, when it was last in recession.

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