Fifty years ago, twenty cents were an excessive price for a pound of sugar.

50年前，20美分买一磅白糖是个过高的价格。

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Beijing has clamped down hard on the property market, fearing excessive price rises could fuel social unrest.

北京方面已出台遏制楼市的强有力政策，担心过分的价格上涨可能滋生社会不安定。

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When derivative markets are linked to commodity markets, this nearly unlimited capital from the financial sector can cause excessive price volatility.

当派生出的市场和商品市场联系起来时，从它们这里来的无限的资金可能造成价格的极度不稳定。

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What you see in the insula conversely is when people see a price that they think is excessive You see an increase in that activation and that predicts they are not going to buy the product.

而相反，岛叶部分活动代表,受试者认为价格偏高,这种活动的增多意味着受试者不会做出购买选择。

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State law includes a provision against price gouging of an "unconscionably excessive price" during natural disasters.

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The government will then set a floor price and an upper limit for at least the first three years to avoid excessive price fluctuations.

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"The construction of affordable homes will help curb excessive price rises and fuel urbanization, which will in turn unleash consumption and investment potentials and push development of related industries, " Mr. Li said.

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