Now, the economic situation at home and abroad is grim, and the shrinking of the assets of enterprises and the tight funding chain add fuel to the already fierce wave of global acquisition.

当前国际国内经济形势严峻，企业资产价格大幅缩水、企业资金链紧绷，使本来已日益高涨的全球性并购浪潮更加凶猛。

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It contributed to the grim overall outlook for the job market and the economic situation in general.

这份报告使我们看到了就业市场和经济形势严峻的整体前景。

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The economic situation is apparently so grim that some experts fear we may be in for a stretch as bad as the mid seventies.

目前的经济形势一片惨淡，以致于部分专家担心我们可能进入了类似上个世纪七十年代中期持续恶劣的境况中。

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Instead of thinking about the grim economic situation, you buy a Hello Kitty refrigerator.

CNN: PRETTY IN PINK SLUMP

The economic situation remains grim, with comments from the central bank on Wednesday indicating that the country's recession deepened in the last three months.

BBC: Spain budget imposes further austerity measures

And, of course, while the economic situation may look grim, young people do have some advantages over previous generations.

BBC: Have young people never had it so bad?