即使在保留土壤覆盖的地区，植被的减少通常也会导致土壤丧失吸收大量水分的能力。

Even in the areas that retain a soil cover, the reduction of vegetation typically results in the loss of the soil's ability to absorb substantial quantities of water.

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许多德国老板都说他们周围的人已经对安吉拉·默克尔政府带领欧洲走出困境的能力丧失信心。

Many German bosses all say those close to them have lost faith in the ability of Angela Merkel's government to steer Europe out of trouble.

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他丧失了语言能力。

He had lost the power of speech.

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The thought would be, when the soul and the body have been separated-- such the dualist explains-- the soul has lost its ability to give commands to the body.

也就是说,当灵魂与肉体分离时,以二元论的解释,灵魂就丧失了对肉体的控制能力

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We make software; we make technology; we're innovative ,but so are they So, what we really have to do is become a lot more productive and we have to make our companies a lot more competitive. Today, I feel we're losing that edge.

我们生产软件；发展工业技术;,我们有创新能力，但他们也有,所以，我们现在必须要做的就是提高生产效率,我们必须提高我国公司的竞争力,现在，我觉得在这方面我们正在丧失竞争优势。

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