When energy prices rise dramatically, the poor are forced to come up with more money.

当能源价格大幅度上涨时，贫困人口就不得不想办法找到更多的钱。

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Though national oil companies have forced the Western oil giants to look farther afield for new reserves, the oil prices, unlike gas prices, are supported by the state-owned firms that make up OPEC.

尽管国有石油公司使得西方石油巨鳄为了储备，必须向更远的地方开采。石油价格，不同于天然气价格，仍然得到那些国有石油公司的(opec成员国的组成部分)支持！

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It was excessive borrowing that forced up British property prices to such an insane extent, creating a bubble that has now well and truly burst.

持续不断的借入把英国的房地产价格推动到如此荒唐的程度，创造出那些现在已经完全地破裂的泡沫。

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Of course, if the euro stays depressed and computer-makers are forced to raise prices significantly, that could wind up hurting demand in Europe.

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Simmons contends that traders were forced to liquidate oil contracts as credit dried up, causing prices to fall.

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There is little incentive for companies to build transmission lines when they may be forced to open them up to all comers at politically regulated prices.

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