In some cases, industrial giants faced with little or no competition seek to avoid the capital loss resulting from obsolescence by deliberately obstructing technological progress.

在某些情况下，面对很少竞争或没有竞争的工业巨头为了避免因被淘汰而造成的资本损失，他们会故意阻碍技术进步。

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Older men spend a lot of money trying to avoid hair loss.

年龄大些的男人花很多钱来避免脱发。

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In moving from written to spoken language, the greatest consequences for blind people may not be cognitive but cultural - a loss much harder to avoid.

从书面语言到口语的转变，盲人获得的最大益处是文化上的而非感知上的—这是一种更难避免的损失。

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Since individual investors using this strategy must wait 30 days before repurchasing any stock sold at a loss to avoid triggering the wash sale rule, these stocks can decline in December and rise in January.

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Others tend to see their goals as opportunities to avoid loss and to stay safe.

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When an entity shifts focus from how to change and grow to how to avoid loss, at that moment it begins to die.

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