在经济衰退期，制造业有很多人失业了。

Many jobs in manufacturing were lost during the recession.

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在经济衰退期，这种担心尤为凸显。

Such fears are especially sharp during a recession.

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即便是在经济衰退期，生意照样繁荣。

Even in a recession, business is booming.

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One of our folks reminded me, Microsoft was started and Apple was started during kind of a recessionary period.

我们的一位同事提醒过我，微软和苹果都是在,经济衰退期成立的。

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