When the U.S. financial crisis started, this country was running a $2 trillion deficit, meaning we’ve spent that much more than we earn as a nation.

当美国的次贷危机开始时，这个国家的负债高达2万亿美元，这意味着我们花了多于我们所赚的钱。

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THE CHINESE word for crisis, weiji, includes elements of both danger and opportunity. This symbolic meaning has taken on especially great significance in recent years.

中文中的“危机”一词，由“危”和“机”两字构成，其中的象征意义在最近几年尤为突出。

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Another issue with the Libyan crisis is the sheer diversity of the country in every conceivable meaning of the term.

利比亚危机的另一个问题就是，国内人民在部族出身、居住地区和贫富水平上差距都非常大，这是一个碎片化的国家。

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Its performance was the best in at least five years, meaning that two years from the financial crisis, J.

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Ms. SUSAN MEDAK (Director, Berkeley Repertory Theatre): There was none of that public self-analysis, none of that public scrutiny that we now go through over every major crisis that helps us, as a culture, define the meaning of an experience, to define the meaning of a tragedy.

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Many had sold during the crisis and some appeared to regain confidence as indexes neared records, meaning some had sold low and bought high.

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