As a result, they have lost the parachute they once had in times of financial setback—a back-up earner (usually Mom) who could go into the workforce if the primary earner got laid off or fell sick.

因此，它们已经失去了在经济萧条时期曾经持有的“保护伞”——一个后备挣钱者（通常是母亲），她可以在主要挣钱者失业或者病倒的时候出去工作。

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Or have a huge financial setback. Or confess a really ugly secret about yourself.

在金融方面有很大的挫折，不爱承认自己丑陋的秘密。

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The financial collapse of the late 1990s was a crushing setback to the Indonesian economy.

发生在90年代末的金融崩溃对印尼经济是一个毁灭性的倒退。

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All of this puts the burden on homeowners to monitor their policies so they will be covered in a catastrophe without facing a financial setback.

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Asks for money for a variety of reasons (travel, medical emergencies, hotel bills, hospitals bills for child or other relative, visas or other official documents, losses from a financial setback or crime victimization).

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The deal's collapse is a big setback for Germany's financial industry, in which there has been little meaningful consolidation.

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