They take a similar toll of resources in other industrial nations and in the cities of the developing world.
他们采取与其他工业国家、发展中国家的城市相似的资源收费标准。
Massive floods, long droughts, hurricanes and severe monsoons take their toll each year, destroying millions of tons of valuable crops.
大规模的洪水、长期的干旱、飓风和严重的季风每年都会造成损失，摧毁数百万吨有价值的农作物。
The long summers of forgetting take a toll.
那些漫长夏日，终让人忘却不快。
It also appears that the busiest years of our working lives take their toll when it comes to staying in touch with friends with people aged between 35 and 44 averaging less than four friends each.
而且看起来，说到同朋友保持联系，工作生涯中最忙的那些年情况比较糟，年龄在35岁到44岁之间的人平均每人拥有还不到四位朋友。
But despite 15 years of deflation, Japan's punishingly high prices still take a toll on its residents' standard of living.
尽管出现了连续15年的通货紧缩，日本高昂的物价仍然使居民的生活水准大打折扣。
Yet despite 15 years of deflation, punishingly high prices still take a toll in Japan on people's standard of living.
尽管日本遭遇了15年的通货紧缩，高得惊人的物价在日本人的生活水平方面还是一头拦路虎。
We've all seen it happen: a young couple steps onto the fast track and the treadmill of life begins to take its toll.
我们都见过这种事情发生：当一对年轻的夫妇步入婚姻的快车道上时，这种单调的生活便会向他们敲响警钟。
Droughts and floods could take a higher toll in the future as global warming increases the prevalence of these events in certain areas, scientists say.
科学家们说，随着全球气候变暖，使得某些地区干旱和洪水更为流行，由此所引起的死亡将有所增加。
In reality, the research suggests that even small amounts of sleep deprivation take a significant toll on our health, our mood, our cognitive capacity and our productivity.
实际上，研究发现即使人们只是被剥夺了一小部分睡眠，也会对我们的身体、心情、认知能力和生产力造成很大的影响。
Disruptions in the continuity of essential services take a heavy toll on people needing emergency care and those suffering from conditions such as cancer, heart disease, and diabetes.
基本服务的连续性被打断，使需要急救的人以及癌症、心脏病和糖尿病患者付出了沉重代价。
The slimming-down of RBS and the cost-cutting integration of the operations of Lloyds and HBOS have yet to take their full toll.
苏格兰皇家银行持续亏损，劳埃德银行和苏格兰哈利法克斯银行为削减成本的运营整合尚未全面奏效。
One of the biggest challenges is for both spouses to accept the very real toll an attention disorder can take.
对于婚姻双方最大的挑战是如何接受注意力障碍所带来的影响。
Standard light microscopes don't allow researchers to look into the interior of the living brain, where memories are formed and diseases such as dementia and cancer can take their toll.
普通的光学显微镜并不能帮助研究者观察活体大脑的内部，而这些部位才是记忆形成或者像痴呆和癌症这样的疾病发生的场所。
Many of us only begin to see the visual evidence of our drinking habits as we get older and start to carry excess baggage, but excessive drinking can also take its toll beneath the skin.
我们许多人只是在步入老年，开始发体之后才看见饮酒习惯对身体产生的表面的变化。可是过量饮酒还能产生表皮下的伤害。
The isolation of seafaring can sometimes take its toll on you and your family.
长期在海上而产生的与世隔绝的感觉有时会对你和你的家庭产生不良后果。
The product’s costs rise sharply as the heavy expense of advertising and marketing any new product begins to take its toll.
在该阶段,由于在广告和市场开拓上投入巨大, 造成该产品的成本迅速上升, 但任何新产品都要经历这一艰苦的过程.
What about multitasking? Does it take too much of a toll on battery life as Apple claims?
多任务是怎么样的，它会和苹果宣称那样过于耗电吗？
For sure, depression and anxiety can take a serious toll on productivity, and companies bear their share of the blame for promoting stress in the first place.
毫无疑问，精神萎靡和焦虑会严重影响生产力，公司首先应该为这种压力承担一部分责任。
Martin has found no evidence that those who rely on this type of humor are any less well-adjusted. But it does take a toll on personal relationships.
当有人质疑时，使用贬低式幽默的人就用“只是开玩笑”来捍卫自己，以避免负责。马丁发现那些依靠这种幽默的人并没有因此而“难混”。但这种幽默方式在个人关系上确实要付出较大的代价。
A divorce, or even a sustained period of distress in the home, can take an enormous psychological toll on your children.
离婚或长期的家庭失和，会给孩子的心理造成巨大阴影。
If you let such problems continue to take their toll, you will end up on some type of self-destructive path.
如果你继续对这些问题放任自流，你最终会走上某种自毁之路。
A consortium led by Abertis, a Spanish infrastructure company, pulled its $12.8 billion proposal to take over the running of Pennsylvania’s turnpike, the state’s main toll road.
以西班牙基础设施公司Abertis为首的财团已决定撤回以128亿美元收购宾夕法尼亚州主要收费公路的提议。
All of these activities take a toll on the body over time and can lead to injury at some point in our lives.
所有这些活动在经历一段时间后，都会对身体产生一定的影响，甚至可能会对某些部位产生一定的损伤。
Now Finnish scientists have now shown that even in healthy people the pressures of work can take their toll.
但最近芬兰科学家的研究结果告诉我们，即便对于健康人来说，工作压力仍有可能夺去他们宝贵的生命。
The CLA survey released on Tuesday found that 40% of respondents said that the long working hours take a toll on their health and family life.
劳委会在周二公布调查结果发现，有40%的调查对象说工时长对他们的健康和家庭生活造成影响。
The act of simply getting to work can take its toll on employees' health.
上班这种简单的工作行为可能对员工的健康造成危害。
Abandonment of cotton crop by the farmers would take its toll on the textile industry that immensely depends on this crop.
若棉农放弃对棉花的种植将会给极大的依赖于该作物的纺织行业带来巨大的损失。
The stress of travel, squeezing in too many visits and the anxiety of seeing people you meet only a few times a year all take their toll.
旅行的压力，安排多次到访，以及与一年见不到几次的家人会面带来的焦虑，都会让人疲惫不堪。
There are, of course, many illnesses that take a toll on the body, damage the body, and no matter how hale the person might be later, how optimistic and enthused, the body simply is not able.
当然，有许多疾病让身体付出了代价，损坏了身体，不管这人以后有多么健壮矍铄，多么乐观开朗和热情，身体就是不行了。
There are, of course, many illnesses that take a toll on the body, damage the body, and no matter how hale the person might be later, how optimistic and enthused, the body simply is not able.
当然，有许多疾病让身体付出了代价，损坏了身体，不管这人以后有多么健壮矍铄，多么乐观开朗和热情，身体就是不行了。
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