Well, never mind, John, it's not a matter of life and death.

好了，别介意，约翰，这不是多么了不起的事情。

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Yet for many, its presence has been a matter of life and death.

然而，对许多人来说，它的存在事关生死。

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This, in turn, inevitably means bigger grocery bills for consumers, and greater hardship for the millions in countries where food shortages are a matter of life and death.

反过来，这必然意味着消费者要支付更多的食品杂货账单。而在那些食品短缺问题已经关乎生死存亡的国家，这也会导致数百万人将面临更大的困难。

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That belief in Christ is to some a matter of life and death has been a stumbling block for readers who would prefer to think it a matter of no great consequence.

有些读者认为,对基督的信仰是关乎生死的大事,这对于那些对基督教,不以为然的人是一个障碍。

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We could still say it's-- how good your life is, is a matter of adding up the goods and subtracting the bads.

我们可以说-,你的生活质量，等于把好事加起来再减掉坏事。

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So I would argue as a matter of practice in my own life and certainly in a teaching capacity, frankly, I find this much more readable.

所以我要主张，作为在我生命中的实践经验,和教学的资格，真诚地说，我认为这个是更具有可读性的。

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Mark Stets warns the cuts around the corner are a matter of life and death.

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The implications of a financial breach can be a matter of life or death for SMBs.

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For these countries, globalisation is a good thing, but hardly a matter of life or death.

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