Once one of the world's top naval powers, Russia is now struggling to complete even the repair of an aircraft-carrier destined for India, let alone to build new ships from scratch.

俄罗斯曾经是世界上顶级海军强国之一，而目前连修复一艘拟定出售给印度的航空母舰都极其艰难，更不用说从头开始造新船了。

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The Baltic nations have, to some extent, succeeded in reassuring markets, which now consider them less risky than Ireland, let alone Greece.

在某种程度上，波罗的海国家成功地稳定了市场，市场现在认为这些国家风险小于爱尔兰，更不用说希腊。

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I always used to say that I don't know what I'm doing next week let alone 5 years from now but once I sat down and wrote it out it became pretty clear.

我过去总是说我不知道下周做什么，更别说5年以后做什么了，但是一旦我坐下来并写出目标后，目标就变得相当清晰。

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But can anyone seriously predict what will happen a year, let alone a decade, from now?

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The proposals of Cain and Perry are not likely, without further revision, to generate revenue equal to, let alone above, the revenue generated now.

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He doesn't have to think about how 17 governments will react to the level of European fiscal integration that America, Britain and China are all now calling for - let alone the massive injections of capital into Europe's banks.

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