A tardy apology on May 18th aimed at staving off pressure from fellow MPs that he resign only heightened it.

5月18日姗姗来迟的道歉本是为了缓解来自议员同事要求他辞职的压力，然而却反而使之进一步高涨。

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As already explained in the previous use cases - only accessing the data that you need can take a lot off pressure of the SharePoint Content Database.

在之前的用例中已经解释过——只访问你需要的数据可以大大降低SharePoint内容数据库的压力。

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Pouring out troubles to friends is a good way of easing off pressure.

向朋友倾诉烦恼是减轻压力的一个好方式。

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The researchers say their findings support the idea that a huge explosion or explosions caused fire and pressure powerful enough to kill off life on the Earth.

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There's something relaxing about that, it takes off the pressure a little bit.

这其中有种轻松感，卸掉了身上的一点压力。

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"That keeps pressure off the general practitioners, the primary care physicians, and the hospital doctors.

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Mr Indyk now thinks America should stand up to Israeli leaders when they plead political trouble at home to fend off pressure to curb settlements.

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But such a worry is overdone, particularly in the case of Wal-Mart, which he expects will be able to fight off pressure on its profit margins.

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While we believe margins will stabilize around 29% through our forecast period, the Trefis community anticipates upside to this metric as Yahoo fends off pressure from competitors.

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