因此，它们已经失去了在经济萧条时期曾经持有的“保护伞”——一个后备挣钱者（通常是母亲），她可以在主要挣钱者失业或者病倒的时候出去工作。

As a result, they have lost the parachute they once had in times of financial setback—a back-up earner (usually Mom) who could go into the workforce if the primary earner got laid off or fell sick.

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坏消息：研究显示在经济萧条时期毕业可能会对长期收入带来负面影响。

The bad news: Research shows graduating into a recession has the potential to negatively affect your earnings in the long term.

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这样的怪招在经济萧条时期十分普遍，在今天不景气的劳动力市场上依然存在。

Stunts like these became fairly common during the recession and they still are in today's slack labor market.

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It was affected by the major American depressions of 1837, 1857, but not as much as the North.

棉花产量只在两次美国经济大萧条时期,1837年57年受到影响,但损失远不及北方

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