The higher a person ranked within his age group or neighborhood, the more status he had and the happier he was regardless of how much he made in dollars (or, in the study's case, pounds).

一个人在他的年龄组或邻里内排名越高，他就越有地位并越快乐，倒和他赚多少美元（或者像这个例子所说的，是英镑）没多大关系。

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The us is the world's largest exporter of cotton, a status it can maintain because it pays tens of billions of dollars to around 3, 500 industrial-scale producers.

美国是世界上最大的棉花出口国，之所以能维持这个地位，因为它花费数十亿美元为相关工业领域的3500名生产者买单。

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Russia, alongside China and India, have all questioned the dollars future as a global reserve currency - a status it has enjoyed since inheriting it from sterling last century.

俄国与中国和印度一道质疑美元未来仍为全球储备货币—这是美元在上个世纪代替英镑以来一直享有的地位。

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He points to the success of Zynga Poker, the Facebook-based game that has 60 million users who play for points and status, not dollars.

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If eventually charged and found guilty of the offenses, the Pearson Foundation could have its important tax-exempt status stripped and be subject to thousands of dollars in fines.

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