Clearly price promotions generally run at a loss, otherwise there would be more of them.

很明显，价格促销通常都是亏本进行的，否则会有更多的促销活动。

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Those smaller producers at the margins are an increasingly important part of the supply picture, and their loss will be felt at the pump.

那些盈利的小型生产企业在供应结构上逐渐成为越来越重要的角色，他们的损失却一点点在增加。

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Children's films might be made at a loss to sell action figures-but how do you finance the Godfather?

儿童电影也许能通过销售活动人偶来弥补亏损——但是你又如何筹措《教父》的资金呢？

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And if you were suddenly stripped of your ability to make generalizations, you'd be at a loss.

如果你突然失去了,归纳的能力，你就会一头无绪。

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It comes from personal experience that raises a question at least about whether all values can be translated without loss into utilitarian terms.

是亲身见闻所引起的疑问,是否所有的价值都可以完好无损地,转换为功利主义的形式。

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The abandonment of such a study or its adulteration for current political purposes would be a terrible loss for all of humanity, and at the base, at the root of that civilization stood the Greeks.

如果出于政治的目的而对此段历史,视而不见甚至完全摒弃,这对全人类,将是一个巨大的损失,追根溯源,这一切都根植于希腊文明

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If these guys weren't building high performance networks we'd be at a loss.

FORBES: Consortium Builds Next-Generation Net

Translation: If someone dragged Mark Zuckerberg in front of Parliament, he might be at a loss for words, too.

FORBES: Murdoch and Buffett Among the Oldest CEOs. Does It Matter?

It was a ploy of theirs to pretend not to understand, to frown and simulate confusion because, in any conversation, it was convenient sometimes to appear to be at a loss.

NEWYORKER: The Woman of the House