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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But they are, apparently, worried about the fact that around 70 percent of those assets are dollar-denominated, so any future fall in the dollar would mean a big capital loss for China.

显然，这些领导人所担心的问题是他们手中所持有的这些资产中有大约70%是以美元来计量的。所以，对于中国而言，美元一旦在将来贬值都意味着巨大的资本损失。

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The extra premiums earned make up for the capital loss suffered in the market.

他们用收入的超额权利金抵消市场所带来的资本损失。

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To claim a nonbusiness bad debt, you report it as a short-term capital loss subject to the capital loss limitations on a federal form 8949 (downloads as a pdf) in the year the debt becomes worthless.

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