They were paying for machinery, seed, and fertilizer, and they were also buying consumer goods.

他们购买机器、种子和化肥，还购买消费品。

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'Taken as a group, lesser-developed countries could quickly end their dependence' on the North for food, fertilizer, cement and steel — and 'more gradually throw off their dependence for machinery.

欠发达国家凝成一体，就能在食品、肥料、水泥和钢材等方面迅速摆脱对发达国家的依赖，并逐渐摆脱在机械设备方面的依赖。

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'Taken as a group, lesser-developed countries could quickly end their dependence' on the North for food, fertilizer, cement and steel — and 'more gradually throw off their dependence for machinery.'

欠发达国家凝成一体，就能在食品、肥料、水泥和钢材等方面迅速摆脱对发达国家的依赖，并逐渐摆脱在机械设备方面的依赖。

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Also, some cargo just isn't nice to have in your passenger compartment. (Bags of fertilizer or pieces of greasy machinery come to mind.) The Avalanche's bed is covered in a tough plastic lining, easily hosed out or just left harmlessly filthy.

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