有鉴于此,在2006和2008年的选举中,抑或在奥巴马上台初期,社会问题都不具决定作用。
Consequently, social issues weren't decisive in the elections of 2006 and 2008, or in the early days of the Obama Administration.
在上世纪80年代初期,青少年们就用名牌购物袋装他们上学用的东西和体育用品,主要是用来宣告他们的社会身份(显示他们也有能力买这些精品)。
In the early 1980s, teenagers used to carry their school things and sports gear in designer shopping bags, mainly to broadcast their social standing (showing that they could afford these boutiques).
尤其在当今人口高度流动以及社会相互依存的环境下,大流行性病毒即使在暴发初期只导致原本健康的人出现轻微症状,也可能会造成破坏性后果。
Even a pandemic virus that initially causes mild symptoms in otherwise healthy people can be disruptive, especially under the conditions of today's highly mobile and closely interdependent societies.
All were highly profitable in their primes.
这些奴隶社会初期都是一本万利的
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