20世纪80年代的一些极其成功的商人在该国经济萧条时期沦为损失最惨重的人。

Some of the top business successes of the 1980s became the country's greatest losers in the recession.

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因此，它们已经失去了在经济萧条时期曾经持有的“保护伞”——一个后备挣钱者（通常是母亲），她可以在主要挣钱者失业或者病倒的时候出去工作。

As a result, they have lost the parachute they once had in times of financial setback—a back-up earner (usually Mom) who could go into the workforce if the primary earner got laid off or fell sick.

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经济萧条时期，有好几百万的失业者在街头游荡。

During the depression, millions of the unemployed wandered around in the streets.

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It was affected by the major American depressions of 1837, 1857, but not as much as the North.

棉花产量只在两次美国经济大萧条时期,1837年57年受到影响,但损失远不及北方

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