The first half of the sequence occurs during mute, but the second half is not muted.

一半的序列第一个在哑子期间发生，但是第二一半不被哑子。

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The corruption does not seem to have muted the country's prolonged economic boom.

腐败看来没有减缓该国持续的经济繁荣。

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The reason most of these "strategic" discussions are met with the corporate equivalent of a barely muted yawn is that they are not strategic at all.

这些“战略”讨论大都吃了公司的闭门羹的原因是它们根本就不具备战略性。

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Opinion polls show that public support for ID cards has fallen sharply over the past four years, but even a chorus of opposition has not muted the government's centralising instincts.

ECONOMIST: The database state

Opposition to the war in Afghanistan is more muted than opposition to the war in Iraq, but it's not so muted among Democrats.

CNN: Analysis: Americans wary about war in Afghanistan

Director Michael Mann creates a rising line of tension and paranoia which leads, paradoxically, to a muted, not entirely reassuring ending.

NEWYORKER: The Insider