Although we do not know the long-term consequences of separation or deprivation, we do know that they can produce acute immediate distress.

虽然我们不知道分离和丧失亲人的长期后果，但我们知道它们能立即引起剧烈的悲痛。

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Studies using anecdotal evidence have indicated that long-term separation from a romantic partner can lead to increased anxiety and depression as well as problems such as sleep disturbances.

来自经验的证据表明，与浪漫伴侣的长期分离可能会导致焦虑和抑郁，并会有睡眠障碍等一系列问题。

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Lobbying has tended to focus on a narrow set of corporate-governance issues (such as the separation of the posts of chairman and chief executive) rather than on long-term goals.

游说常常仅关注一小部分公司治理问题(如董事长于首席执行官的岗位分离)而不是长期目标。

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This new approach was branded by Turkish columnists as a revision of "laicism", a Turkish term for separation of state from religion.

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Its main argument was that the checks and balances in the constitution are designed for a four-year presidential term and that an erosion of the separation of powers under Mr Uribe would be aggravated by a third term.

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"That takes the pressure off the electric barrier and buys all of us some time in finding a long-term solution, " which could include some type of watershed separation, he said.

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