With the near future looking dim, rural families may find that it's their turn to help out a returning relative.

在不久的将来前途暗淡，农村家庭可能会发现，该轮到他们来帮助了返乡的家人了。

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Small-business owners agree and see a dim future for the near-term economy.

FORBES: One Country, Two Economies

In Virginia, his favorable rating is twenty-seven per cent, a fact that makes a statewide run for office in the near future a dim prospect.

NEWYORKER: The House of Pain

Speaking to the Security and Defence Agenda conference on Friday, he said Nato could face a dim if not dismal future.

BBC: Robert Gates on Nato's dim future