Realising that he was going to lose South Carolina despite spending a fortune on television spots, Mr Romney abandoned the state and campaigned instead in Nevada, which also voted on January 19th.

实际上，尽管他在该州花费大量的钱财为自己做电视宣传，但他事先已经意识到在该州胜算不大，于是放弃该州，转道去同样是在1月19号举行初选的内华达州去进行选举活动。

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Chesapeake Energy, one of the biggest shale-gas firms, recently abandoned plans to drill in New York State after such worries were raised there.

最近，最大的页岩天然气开发公司之一，Chesapeake能源公司就因为此类担忧而放弃了在纽约州的钻探计划。

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As a result, forest real estate now sells for rock-bottom prices, and many plots have been abandoned by absentee or aged owners and have fallen into a state of neglect.

因此，现在森林地产以最低的价格出售，而且很多小的地块被外地或年长的业主所抛弃，从而已经落入了无人问津的状态。

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Xujia District in western Shanghai, erected from the ruins of abandoned state-owned factories, has become a shopping mecca.

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Sassano said he found in Sandusky's abandoned Penn State office lists of Second Mile children with notations next to the names of some of the alleged victims.

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Mr Kerry all but abandoned the state in September.

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