Right now, the French can ill-afford even the whiff of impropriety.

目前，法国人承受不了哪怕一点点的行为欠妥。

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That would be tragic: Britain can ill-afford another lost generation.

那就悲剧了：英国已经无法承受下一代接着迷失。

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They could ill afford to lose any more staff.

他们再也不能损失员工了。

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Serbia can ill-afford to wait to see if that is going to be Tadic: the sequel.

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The company can ill-afford to let competitors gain a stranglehold over regions such as India and China.

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These are precisely the things the reformers say they want to avoid and that we can ill-afford during a time of war.

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