"In the absence of this species, ecosystems stop working well and may even collapse," Di Martino says.

“如果没有这一物种，生态系统就无法正常运转，甚至可能崩溃。”迪·马蒂诺说。

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If the space structure suffers the blast load, it will be seriously damaged and even collapse.

空间结构若遭受爆炸荷载作用，会产生严重破坏，甚至发生整体倒塌。

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University of Minnesota study recently published in the journal Nature found that a significant share of the world's crop-growing regions are seeing growth stagnate, slow or even collapse.

明尼苏达州一所大学最近在《自然》杂志上公布的研讨发现，世界大部分粮食减产地区都将迎来无增长，缓慢增长，甚至是减产。

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After receiving more than $180 billion in emergency federal assistance to stave off collapse, AIG recently gave top employees bonuses totaling $165 million - even as the company reported the biggest quarterly loss in U.S.corporate history.

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Second, even if it didn't collapse, they said you've got a radiation problem.

第二点，即使不坍塌，他们说会存在辐射问题。

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During the year, we saw some of the main pillars of 20th century management starting to crumble and even collapse.

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Because the energy flow is not just non-constant but also erratic, the back-up systems also need to be extremely sensitive and capable of ramping up from shut-down to fully-on within a very short period of time to prevent grid instability and even collapse.

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At some point, the accumulation of non-payable debt could lead to a banking crisis, or even economic collapse.

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