As its allies age and even shrink inpopulation, the United States could be forced to assume even more of the burdenof policing the world's trouble spots.

由于盟国老龄化、人口甚至可能出现下滑，美国也许将不得不在国际热点问题上承担更多责任。

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The hardest-hit industry would be metals, but even that would shrink by only 1.5%.

受到最大影响的行业是金属业，但金属业的产出也只是下降了1.5%。

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When waiters paraphrase the order, their tips shrink - even if the order comes out of the kitchen correctly.

而如果侍者用自己的话去解释客人的点菜，小费就会缩水，尽管从厨房出来的菜品没有错。

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The Latvian economy is expected to be hit even harder,shrinking 13.1 percent in 2009, while Ireland's economy is expected to shrink by nine percent.

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Few expect China's current account to balance even in the medium term, but the country's surpluses are likely to stop growing so quickly and may even shrink before too long.

ECONOMIST: The flows are neither as big nor as scary as they once seemed

In many countries the labour force will even shrink.

ECONOMIST: Unbalanced skill levels could make the world more unequal

Speaking of which, the researchers believe they could pump the range up to 10 miles with a bit of extra research, and even shrink the blaster down to make it "fully portable" in less than five years.

ENGADGET: Laser scans objects in 3D from half a mile away, scientists just need reason to use it