An especially disturbing sign, says the organisation, is the number of countries in all regions of the world where a previously hopeful trend has gone into reverse.

该组织称，尤其令人不安的一个迹象就是全球各个地区有不少国家原本自由状况有望得到改善的趋势发生了逆转。

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The relatively low adoption rate of robots in the U.S. is a hopeful sign, since we still have a chance to take advantage of robotics on a broader scale.

相关的机器人在美国的较低使用率是一个有帮助的信号，因为我们仍然有机会在更广阔的范围内占据机器人的优势地位。

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The relatively low adoption rate of robots in the U. S. is a hopeful sign, since we still have a chance to take advantage of robotics on a broader scale.

相关的机器人在美国的较低使用率是一个有帮助的信号，因为我们仍然有机会在更广阔的范围内占据机器人的优势地位。

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Speaking to reporters with Irish Foreign Minister Michael Martin, Clinton said Pakistani leaders did not need her to tell them what was at stake in the political standoff, and that its resolution is a hopeful sign for the future.

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"Even though we have slowed the loss of jobs,and today's report on the continued decline in unemployment claims is a hopeful sign, the economic growth that we have seen has not led to the job growth that we desperately need,"

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But the iMac is a bold departure from the mediocrity that has marked the company's products in the 1990s, and a hopeful sign for millions of Mac fans.

WSJ: Apple Unveils iMac, A Fast and Potent PC With Sleek New Look

Another hopeful sign was that, in a part of the world where respect for the law is skimpy, the elections themselves were pretty clean.

ECONOMIST: Montenegro and Kosovo

On one side it's a hopeful sign that we have a parliament in place that can help us govern the country constitutionally.

NPR: Nobel Laureate Explains Kenya's Battle for Peace