It's steep by historical standards, but it's not as steep as it was earlier this year.

历史标准看，有过这么陡峭的，但是没有像今年这样，这么容易就很陡峭的。

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As chart 3 shows, Wall Street got back to an average valuation by the March lows, but never looked particularly cheap by historical standards.

如表3所示，华尔街在3月低点时回到平均估值区，但从历史标准来看，从来就没有进入低估区间。

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In terms of income, the gap between rich and middle class is growing, but in terms of happiness it is relatively low by broader historical standards.

（ ——牛！作者思想境界太高了，译者）从收入来说，富人和中层阶级的差距是在扩大，但是从快乐的角度来说它比历史上的标准相对要低。

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After a couple of lean decades, the defence budget has stabilised, but is still low by historical standards, and there is more than the usual rancour between the Ministry of Defence and the Treasury.

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In recent days this market, too, has wobbled but it still looks horribly expensive by historical standards.

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But by other measures, such as earnings over the past 10 years, stocks are quite expensive by historical standards.

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