Dishing out punishment came at a cost, however: the punisher lost a reward unit for each three units they deducted from their partner.

然而，施加惩罚是要负出代价的：惩罚者每从他的搭档中扣除三个单位的金钱，就会失去一个单位的报酬。

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In varying degrees all three lost competitiveness, as measured by unit Labour costs compared with Germany's.

就单位用工成本而言，与德国相比，这三个国家都不同程度地失去了竞争力。

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For each unit increase in processed food diets, children lost 1.67 points in IQ.

加工食品中的每个单位增加饮食，儿童智商丢失1.67点。

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Wells Fargo again booked record-high quarterly profit even as its key mortgage unit lost ground.

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The worry that euro-zone countries such as Spain may suffer prolonged slumps because they lost control of unit wage costs lends the inflation test some weight, though not much.

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Recently the unit lost its brief to investigate firearms deaths as the force said it had led to an "unhelpful" situation where murders were distinguished on the basis of the weapon used, when the same offenders could be involved in both knife and gun deaths.

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