Still, all signs suggest that the troubled economy will continue to dwarf the fall in pump prices as hard-pressed consumers continue to cut back.

然而眼下所有迹象都表明，由于手头拮据的消费者纷纷捂紧口袋，汽油价格下跌在不景气的经济面前将继续扮演微不足道的作用。

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There was no water in the building, just a pump in the courtyard.

楼里没水，只在院子里有个水泵。

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In five years I had to strip the water pump down four times.

在5年里我不得不拆卸了那个水泵4次。

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A farmer in Zambia said he hoped to have enough money in three years to buy a diesel-powered pump.

VOA: special.2009.08.17

A simple water pump is helping to improve the lives of poor families in several Asian and African countries.

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As a final step there are plans to pump in mud and cement from below through relief wells.

VOA: special.2010.08.07

The real annual increase in pump prices has averaged only 1.5% over the past three years .

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In plain English, this means that any investments in pump-priming infrastructure projects, including capital construction schemes, had to be funded by savings in government spending as a whole.

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Giustra, whose gold positions increase in value every time Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke institutes quantitative easing, does not think this option will be successful in pump priming the US economy.

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