They will come too late to help with the supply crunch.

指望其解供电危机，为时将晚。

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We have good intentions and plan to come back after the time crunch at hand subsides, but we seldom do that.

当紧迫的时间稍微缓和之后，我们应该有很好的目的和计划返回来检查，但是我们却很少这样做。

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Blackstone’s IPO marked the industry’s pre-crunch high point, and Blackstone’s share price has never since come close to its IPO level of $31 a share.

黑石的上市标志着这个行业的决策困局正要达到极致。 由此，黑石的股票也就从未接近过它IPO时候31美元一股的水平。

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Funding for the athletes' village was initially expected to come from the private sector, but the credit crunch and downturn in the property market meant planners had to instead use money from a prearranged contingency fund.

CNN: London marks three years until Olympics

But as the British Chancellor George Osborne said, they haven't got long to come up with a compelling rescue package, to prevent the eurozone's financial strife causing a credit crunch and serious recession.

BBC: Italy's banks face squeeze

The crunch will come in the 10- to 20-year time frame, I think.

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