This means that slots on the grid are a scarce resource so there is immediately competition to get people up on stage early to say their idea before someone grabs the slot or topic they want.

这意味着网格上的狭槽是一个稀缺的资源，所以先上台阐述自己想法的宾客可以在别人之前获得空位或自己想谈讨的话题。

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Inadequate investments in supply and treatment infrastructure means that even where water is not scarce, it is rarely clean.

而缺少供水设施和污水处理设备意味着即使在不缺水的地方，也很难有干净的水。

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It means that on the production side, there is maximum pressure to conserve the use of those scarce productive resources.

它意味着生产一方受到最大限度的压力要它节约使用有限的生产资源。

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Emily Cox, one of the Express Scripts researchers, says this means scarce health care dollars may be going to the wrong place.

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The possibility of default, foreclosure, bankruptcy means new loans become scarce.

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They ignore that means, by necessity, are scarce (they are foregone consumption) and must be economized to attain the most desired ends.

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