Or are you being held back by the past?

或者你正在被过去纠缠不放？

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But if Asians are being held back, it's not so much because of affirmative action but because of preference for whites.

但是，如果亚裔受到了阻碍，更多不是因为优惠性差别待遇，而是因为对白人的偏爱。

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If it occurs in this river valley but not downstream, then the water is being held back in some way by a heaving river bottom.

如果洪水发生在河谷但不是下游，那么水在某种程度上是被起伏的河底阻挡住而涌回来。

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Four main types of spending drive GDP, and each of the four is being held back.

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