Fears of an ecological disaster are rising as the extent of the spill becomes known.

随着石油泄漏的程度逐渐明了，对生态灾难的担忧与日俱增。

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And again, factors other than the currency are important here, such as the extent to which corporate savings are not paid out in dividends.

再一次强调，有许多因素都比货币问题更重要，比如企业的储蓄不足以支付股息。

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Markets around the world are already "discounting" the economic impact of the Great Tohoku earthquake, as they will continue to as the extent of the damage unfolds.

全球各地的市场已经“预见”到此次日本大地震的经济影响，而且随着这场灾难造成的破坏会逐渐完全显现出来，它们将继续保持这种态度。

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They were not charged with the more serious crime of espionage, so the extent of their success as spies is not clear.

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Much as you might instruct as a human, a robot, to do something to the extent that's currently possible.

在某种程度上就像指挥人类，机器人一样，从某种意义来说对电脑也是一样的。

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Because it was precisely because of this one world, run by the Romans and maintained by the Romans, that allowed the spread of Christianity, to a great extent, both ideologically and thought-wise, as well as simply physically.

因为正是由罗马人统治维持的，这个统一的世界，给予基督教在大范围面积内广为传播的机会，不仅是在意识形态和智慧方面，还有物质条件方面。

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Since mid-September, as the extent of the housing crisis started to become clear, the Fed started slashing interest rates.

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But as the extent of the scandal becomes clear, Mr Schroeder's chances of coming out of the affair untainted seem slim.

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It seems likely that issues such as the extent to which the whistleblower personally benefited from the tax avoidance will be important.

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