He found those with a lower base level of the hormone tended to prefer immediate payment, even when the sum in question was piffling compared with the promised future compensation.

他发现那些具有更低水平糖皮质激素的人倾向于选择即时报酬，即使即时报酬数目和未来承诺的补偿相比微不足道，结果也是这样。

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Conceptually, the entire business from first customer contact, through completion of the work and payment of the bill, represents a single, macro-level unit of work, with a lifetime of days to weeks.

从概念上讲，从第一次顾客联系到完成工作和帐单支付的整个业务表示单个宏观层次的工作单元，并具有数天到数周不等的生命周期。

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Therefore to achieve a sound balance of payment is to seekequilibrium exchange rate of a currency and then to adjust nominal exchange rateto a stable equilibrium level by all means.

所以，要实现国际收支均衡的核心就是寻找货币的均衡汇率，再通过各种手段调节、干预名义汇率稳定在均衡汇率的水平上。

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Once consumers are aware of an expected level of technical performance that involves their lives, that performance becomes table stakes and they will expect that level of technical competency at any level of payment.

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But when investors demand a certain level of payment for the risks of lending to a country like Italy, history shows it is incredibly difficult to persuade them to accept a lower rate of interest.

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"That was a group of people who had a good track record of payment and pretty low level of arrears, thrust into a position where they are now is significant arrears, " said Mr Forbes.

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