消费需求下滑最严重的国家是西班牙和爱尔兰。这两国的经济增长历来都是消费主导型的。

The biggest slumps in demand were in Spain and Ireland, where growth had been consumer-led.

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就拿钛、铼和锂等稀有金属来说，中国甚至不是占据主导地位的供应国，智利、美国、刚果、澳大利亚和俄罗斯等也是主要生产国。

For some - such as titanium, rhenium or lithium - Beijing is not even the dominant supplier, with Chile, the us, Congo, Australia and Russia being large producers too.

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“欧猪五国”（PIIGS） 和“破裂社会”（broken society）均被收录到《科林斯英语词典》中，这反映出了去年经济衰退在大众意识中占据的主导地位。

"PIIGS" and "broken society" have all made their way into the Collins English Dictionary, reflecting the dominance of the economic downturn in last year's consciousness.

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