他们的亏损部分是因为制造商之间把利润空间削减到了极点的一场恶性价格战。

Their loss was partly due to a vicious price war between manufacturers that has cut margins to the bone.

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国会应该考虑直接这么做（指的是前文的降低价格），这可以通过向预检注册提供资金或削减其他方面的开支来实现。

Congress should look into doing so directly, by helping to finance PreCheck enrollment or to cut costs in other ways.

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这是最好的一权宜措施，由于减价期仅为一个月，而零售商都没有义务一定要削减他们的价格。

This is at best a stop-gap measure, since the reduction is for one month only, and retailers are not obligated to cut their prices.

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Some of that is being forced by the United States and the corn to ethanol conversion program that has pushed up the price of corn a great deal, pushed down the world supply of corn for eating, and pushed up world prices.

美国在一定程度上推动了这件事,玉米向乙醇转化项目,大大抬高了玉米价格,削减了可供食用玉米的供应量,世界玉米的价格就提高了

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