But they could exact a high price: they are long-standing advocates of a proportional voting system, which would boost them but could damage the two big parties.

但他们的要价不会低，比如他们会要求进行比例选举，这对他们有利而会减少两大党的票数。

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A person with a small account grows tense knowing that any single trade can either boost or damage his account.

如果一个人的账户很小，他就会紧张，因为一次交易可能会获利丰富，也可能会摧毁他的账户。

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The damage output of both players and NPCs should now increase more smoothly rather than receiving a sharp boost every ten levels.

玩家和NPC的伤害输出现在提升的更为平稳而不是象以前一样每十级有一个爆发性的增加！

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Andy Atkins, executive director of Friends of the Earth, said the road would cause more pollution, damage the environment and do little to boost the economy.

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Beyond low-Earth orbit, astronauts are bombarded with harmful cosmic rays, which can boost the risk of certain diseases such as cancer and neurological damage.

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Rebuilding is expected to provide a major boost to GDP, though pace the parable of the broken window, the statistics may mask the economic damage.

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