In fact, no group of parents—married, single, step or even empty nest—reported significantly greater emotional well-being than people who never had children.

事实上，做父母的，无论家庭背景如何，无论是双亲家庭、单亲家庭、养父母家庭，还是空巢家庭，都没觉得自己比那些没有子女的人幸福到哪儿去。 这一发现对我们习以为常的观念构成了极大挑战。

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The space shuttle, for instance, carries more than 3.8 million pounds of expensive propellant—even empty, its two solid boosters weigh 193,000 pounds apiece.

举例来说，即使不搭载任何货物，航天飞机也要通过两个重达十九万三千磅的国体推进器携带价值超过三百八十万英镑的昂贵燃料。

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Hotel owners found themselves with a huge number of empty rooms even as a lot of unnecessary new hotels were ready to open.

酒店老板们发现，尽管许多本不必建造的新酒店正准备开业，即使他们酒店仍有大量的空房间。

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everything is going to be impacted." Hassan-yari says that Iranian threats to retaliate against searches of cargo vessels are mostly empty rhetoric, because many are no longer even willing to sail to Iranian ports due to insurance issues.

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it says "The pickup truck slowed even more, as if it were reading the sign, Haze his empty horn.

就像看见了标牌一样，载货卡车进一步放慢了速度，又开始按那个，and，Haze，pounded,不出声的喇叭。

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Not surprisingly, pessimistic shipping companies are leaving even more empty containers in Europe and the United States due to the lack of demand for them in China.

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Even an empty magazine violates city law.

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