I am concerned about my dear friend, "Laura." She has always been a drinker, but recently her drinking has increased to an alarming level.

我很担心我的朋友劳拉，她总是酗酒。现在已经到了不得不让人担忧的程度了。

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Deforestation continues at an alarming rate of about 13 million hectares annually at the global level.

Jan Heino最后说：“森林砍伐以惊人的速度在继续，全球每年毁林面积约1300万公顷。”

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This estimate was alarming; it was the first time an asteroid had been promoted to "Level 4" on the Torino Scale -- a near-Earth object (NEO) impact hazard categorization method.

这样的预测令人担忧，这是在评价近地天体（NEO）撞击危险程度的 “托里诺分类表”（THE TORINO IMPACT HAZARD SCALE）中第一次有小行星进入“4级”（译注：该分类表最高为10级）。

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"Sectarian tensions and violence have reached an alarming level, " says EIPR director, Hossam Bahgat.

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Yet Romney sees an opening given the alarming level of unemployment among African-Americans, which recently rose from 13.6% to 14.4% -- just over six points higher than the national jobless rate.

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Over the decades I have observed that pension funds that provide retirement benefits to state workers almost always exert an alarming influence over the reporting of their transgressions at the local level.

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