Retail sales showed meagre growth last month as cash-strapped consumers cut back spending despite summer sale discounts.

零售业数据显示上个月的微薄增长是因为资金短缺的消费者无视夏季大减价依然消减开支。

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This has been a summer of discontent because despite government efforts, an entire coastline has been monopolised by profiteering bathing clubs.

这是一个充满不满情绪的夏天，因为尽管政府做出了努力，但暴利的沐浴俱乐部却垄断了整个海岸线。

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Despite diminishing - and eventually disappearing - summer Arctic ice, polar bears will not become extinct.

尽管夏季北极冰川正在减少，并最终消失，北极熊却不会灭绝。

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And the number of victims, both of guerrillas and soldiers, has dipped, despite this summer's brutal spasm.

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Covered by a quilt despite the summer weather, Zhao has an IV in her arm and is too tired to speak.

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Darren Lewis, RNLI lifeguard inspector for the east of England, said that despite last summer's poor weather, the beaches were still busy with day trippers and holiday makers.

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