Unemployment has risen to 6.5% and is expected to hit 8% by next year, if not higher.

失业率上涨到6.5%，并将在明年达到8%，如果不会更高的话。

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Their biggest concern was not higher temperatures but disruptions to the natural cycle.

他们最大的担心不是较高的温度，而是对自然循环干扰。

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Moreover, all of the increase in the price of Chinese imports reflects the fall in the dollar against the yuan, not higher costs in China.

此外，所有进口中国商品价格的上涨反映了美元对人民币的贬值，而不是由于中国成本上升造成的。

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They found that the risk of depression was not higher among those with the shorter gene.

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The Jews were not considered Greeks, but at least they were higher in status in Alexandrian law than local Egyptians.

犹太人不是希腊人，但在法律规定却比当地埃及人地位高。

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So justice is higher, individual rights are privileged, but not for reasons that depart from utilitarian assumptions.

所以公正是更高级的，个体权利是种特权，但并不能出于功利主义假设之外的理由。

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Young voters turned out at the same level, if not higher, than in 2008.

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He said standards in Scotland are as high, if not higher, than other countries that have salmon fishing.

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I'm sure the statistics for career men are fairly similar if not higher.

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