The rise in inflation was just one symptom of the poor state of the economy.

通胀上升不过是经济不景气的一个征候。

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Instead, highlighting the poor state of the economy may be enough.

取而代之的是，强调欠佳的经济状况可能就足够了。

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The poor state of girls' education costs a further $16 billion-30 billion.

女童恶劣的受教育情况造成的间接损失高达160亿美元-300亿美元。

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The measure includes ten billion dollars for education and sixteen billion for Medicaid, the joint state-federal government medical program for the poor.

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Hobbes refers to the sovereign as a mortal god, as his answer to the problems of the state of nature, the state, the condition of life being solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short.

君主就是生在凡间的神，霍布斯在回答,什么是国家的本质时这样比喻到，他的国家，他的生命都总是孤独，穷苦，下流，野蛮和短暂的。

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He seems, in this way, to anticipate what we might think of as the modern welfare state that public assistance be provided, and the poor, not simply depend on the private goodwill of the others.

如此看来,霍布斯已经预见到了,我们现代社会国家福利制度的出现，穷人不只依靠个人的善意施舍度日,更多的是求助于国家提供的福利保障。

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But it warned that demand for mortgages might be hindered by the poor state of the economy.

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Owners Alan Macdonald and Richard Johnstone say the poor state of the housing market and the planning system in Scotland forced the decision.

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Regardless of the poor state of the economy, if you have children, the purchase of at least one toy periodically is a constant in the budget.

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