In many countries long-term unemployment has soared both in absolute terms and as a proportion of total joblessness.

在许多国家，长期失业人群的绝对数和占失业总人口的比例都出现了急剧的上升。

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It would be perfectly possible to be a complete and absolute Rationalist in the true sense of the term and yet accept this or that dogma.

在这一概念的真正意义上做一个完全的、绝对的理性主义者，而又同时接受这个或那个教条，这完全是可能的。

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Despite this, there is no pure or absolute definition of what makes a landscape in photography, as such it has become very broad term, encompassing urban, industrial, macro and nature photography.

除此之外，关于怎样拍摄风景并没有纯粹而绝对的定义，就其本身而论，它具有十分宽泛的意义，囊括了都市、工业、宏观和自然摄影。

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One interesting point I found is that generally in a longer-term secular bear market, the absolute low of that bear market is generally reached in the middle of the bear market.

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Whatever demons first drove him, he had turned to an extreme ideology that expressed the kind of absolute certainty that can feel comforting in the short-term but that destroys all understanding in the long-term.

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While issuance data shows borrowers placing far fewer long-dated corporate bonds (due in 10 years or more) in the first quarter than in recent quarters as absolute borrowing costs trend higher, the refinancing of short-term debt balances remains a common driver of debt issuance this year.

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