Economies such as China or Brazil were walloped late last year not only, or even mainly, because American demand plunged.

像中国和巴西这样的经济体在去年年底受到冲击，不仅仅也不主要归因为美国需求下滑。

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But the world food crisis of 2007-08 showed that food prices are not influenced solely, or even mainly, by cyclical factors.

但2007 - 08年的世界粮食危机显示粮价并非受单一因素或主要受周期性因素影响。

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The recent bust was not, he argues, only or even mainly the inevitable consequence of bankers' greed or credit excesses.

他主张贪婪的银行家或滥发贷款并非不可避免地造成这次金融危机。

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But the Europeans are right that the Taliban and al-Qaeda cannot be defeated only, or even mainly, by firepower.

ECONOMIST: A counter-insurgency in trouble

Quantitative easing, for instance, need not work only, or even mainly, through the exchange rate: early in the Fed's first bout of quantitative easing, the dollar rose.

ECONOMIST: Currency wars

Governments might spend money through charities not just, or even mainly, because they are better value for money, but because they work in ways that governments themselves cannot.

ECONOMIST: Charity and taxation