Kurt kept to the inner surface of the spiral, avoiding the darkness that lay beyond.

库尔特留在螺旋的内表面，避开超出去的黑暗部分。

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They then lay the blocks on their edges to form a circle, cutting them to size as they go, so that the end result will be a narrowing spiral.

再把雪块铺在他们盖屋子的地点围成一个圆圈，修整到需要的尺寸大小，最后形成窄小的螺旋形。

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Other economists reckon that with productivity high and wages muted, a pernicious wage-price spiral of the kind that lay behind soaring inflation in the 1970s is unlikely.

其他经济学家认为，目前美国生产率涨势迅猛，而工资上涨迟缓，因此不会出现70年代那种由于工资螺旋式上升导致的通胀。

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Forced lay-offs can feed a downward spiral of weaker spending and job losses.

ECONOMIST: Europe's economy

The risk is this: millions of home-owners who are already financially stretched will be pushed to breaking point once their mortgage resets, triggering another spiral of defaults, repossessions, write-downs, implosions and lay-offs.

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And they worry that the downward spiral will further erode their already thin margins some have had to close imprints and lay off staff in recent years as well as bring further dismay to struggling bricks-and-mortar booksellers (see article).

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