The news set off a continent-wide health scare.

这一消息引起了整个大陆的健康恐慌。

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These are two examples of a continent-wide phenomenon; African cities are struggling to cope with an unprecedented influx of people.

这仅仅是一个席卷整个非洲大陆的现象中的2个例子；非洲城市正疲于应对始料未及的人口涌入。

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Whether a similar difference in continent-wide susceptibility explains why swine flu is spreading in the United States but standing still in Europe will take a while to figure out.

人们还需要进一步研究来证实，猪流感在在美国蔓延而在欧洲并未引起流行这一状况是否就是因为与之类似的洲际易感性的差异。

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In Europe national politicians, answerable to their own electorates, are struggling to confront continent-wide problems.

ECONOMIST: Debt and politics in America and Europe

Spreading bank assets continent-wide is thus desirable not only for would-be banking champions but also for the euro.

ECONOMIST: Europe��s banking blues

Previous efforts have talked of the failures of individual states but these are the first attempts to identify the phenomenon continent-wide.

ECONOMIST: Books on Africa