Lower interest rates can boost the economy by reducing borrowing costs for consumers and businesses.

低利率可以通过为消费者和商家降低借贷成本来促进经济发展。

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If no penalty is imposed on an employee for poor performance, other employees may react by reducing their productivity as well.

如果没有对表现不佳的员工进行处罚，其他员工可能也会降低他们的生产力。

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Among the most popular ways they are doing this, the company said, is by reducing their overall expenses, securing life insurance or maximizing their contributions to retirement accounts.

该公司称，最受欢迎的方式是减少总开支、购买人寿保险或尽可能多缴退休金。

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It will do that,he says, by reducing the cost of computers and increasing the number of people who search the Internet.

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Most of it,he says, could be paid for by reducing waste in the existing health care system.

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This form of grazing can reduce the need for pesticide treatments by reducing the growth of weeds.

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Kaizen works by reducing any program of change to such small steps that you cannot imagine failure.

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The sand helps sea defences by reducing the impact of the waves on the promenade.

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Buckingham also applauds PortalPlayer's quick adaptation to the Apple setback by reducing its workforce by 14%.

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