如果资本常常逃离贫穷国家,就不仅仅是因为资本在其它地区可获得更高或更安全的回报。
If capital often flees poor countries, that is not only because higher, or more secure, returns might be obtained elsewhere.
这意义重大,他说,因为现在对小规模脱盐很少有有效的方法,可以用在贫穷国家的偏远地区或作为紧急使用。
That meets a significant need, he says, since at present there are few efficient methods for small-scale desalination, both for emergencies and for use in remote areas in poor countries.
上网本,或称廉价笔记本的概念的诞生最初是因为想要为贫穷国家的孩子生产一种廉价的笔记本,但自此之后上网本便受到全世界的消费者的欢迎。
The netbook, or low-cost laptop, was inspired by a scheme to produce cheap laptops for children in poor countries, but has since proved popular with consumers around the world.
更惨的情况就是,在富裕国家,重建的费用通常都在保险赔付金内,而在贫穷国家或地区,公司或个人是不会拿钱出来度过难关的。
Worse, insurance payouts cover a much larger chunk of the costs of recovery in rich countries than in poor ones, where few individuals or companies take out disaster cover.
但这几十年来日本都不能被称作是贫穷国家了。2008年的一项调查发现,95%的日本人几乎或完全不吃鲸鱼。
But it's been decades since Japan could be described as impoverished, and a 2008 survey found that 95% of Japanese either eat whale meat very rarely or not at all.
西方人的寿命可以达到70多岁,而生活在贫穷国家的人们,如布基纳法索和乍得,他们不太可能超过46或47岁。
While people in the West can expect to live until their late 70s, people living in poor countries, such as Burkina Faso or Chad, are unlikely to live beyond 46 or 47 years of age.
西方人的寿命可以达到70多岁,而生活在贫穷国家的人们,如布基纳法索和乍得,他们不太可能超过46或47岁。
While people in the West can expect to live until their late 70s, people living in poor countries, such as Burkina Faso or Chad, are unlikely to live beyond 46 or 47 years of age.
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