Second, they rely on a system that has long been marked by a poor relation between national health and social-care services.

其次，他们所依赖的体系长期以来一直以国民健康和社会保健服务之间的脆弱关系为特征。

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This was not from any love of the subject - I considered folklore a poor relation to literature - but out of sheer expediency.

这绝不是因为我热爱这个题材——在我心目中，民俗是文学的一个穷亲戚——而只是纯粹的权宜之计。

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After all, she was the beloved daughter of the house and he but a poor relation.

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Christine Blower, general secretary of the National Union of Teachers, said the English Baccalaureate "reinforces the idea that anything other than a traditional academic route is the poor relation".

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Gas does now contribute 35% to power generation, but rock-bottom prices and a sniffiness about gas as oil's poor relation mean that exploiting its bounty (Saudi Arabia apparently has the world's fifth-largest gas reserves) has proven hard.

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