Oil wealth yanked a dirt-poor desert country into modernity but distorted relationships such as that between the citizen and the state, and between effort and reward in the workplace.

石油让沙特阿拉伯摆脱了极度贫困状态，将它带进现代世界，不过也扭曲了国民与国家的关系以及工作的劳酬关系。

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In a state of not receiving guidance and not being able to face such enormous pressure, young people can only rely on substitute to relieve their distorted emotion to some degree.

在不曾受过引导也无从面对如此庞大压力的状况下，唯有借助替身，才能使扭曲的情绪获得某种程度的抒发。

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State media said he was later sentenced to 18 months in jail for "spreading distorted information to undermine the state".

国家媒体说他之后因“散布歪曲的信息破坏国家”被判18个月的监禁。

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Worse, too much attention focused on protest parties risks giving a distorted impression of the state of the European debate in most member states.

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In the worst cases, the extraction of a country's lucrative resources diamonds in Sierra Leone, diamonds and oil in Angola, oil in Nigeria has actively encouraged a corrupt elite, fuelled wars, destroyed state institutions and distorted exchange rates.

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Some, such as Syria, Iran and Iraq, are still suffering from heavy state ownership and highly distorted prices.

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