At first, they kept their distance from him, but they soon found he was a kind man, and would not hurt them, but liked to have them near him.

起初，它们和他保持一定的距离，但很快它们就发现他是个善良的人，不会伤害它们，反而喜欢它们靠近他。

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The delays in certification have also hurt the airline, which is now set to enter the market at a tough time, says Keith McMullan of Aviation Economics, a consultancy.

咨询机构“航空经济学”的基斯 麦克茂拉认为，审批如此缓慢，也已经损害到了维京航空，它现在不得不在严峻的气氛中迈入市场。

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Both reports said Hon Hai was hiring young students and interns on a vast scale at low wages to mitigate soaring costs that have eroded profits and hurt its share price this year.

这两份报告说，鸿海大规模地用低薪雇用青年学生和实习生以减轻飙升的成本，已经影响了今年的利润，损害了股票价格。

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The cuts come as slowing global demand and a fall in commodity prices have hurt profits at mining firms.

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He added that if businesses, especially manufacturers, had to increase wages it could hurt their competitiveness at a time when they have already been losing ground to regional competitors.

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Upstarts have begun using a version of Linux--the freeware that hurt profits at Sun Microsystems and Hewlett-Packard--for their Cisco-killer products.

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