Eating a candy bar before dinner has taken the edge off her appetite.

饭前吃了一块糖，降低了她的食欲。

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Abroad, a faltering global recovery has taken the edge off demand for exports, and the evidence of the latest HSBC survey is that new orders from foreign customers continue to fall.

全球复苏势头减弱降低了出口需求。汇丰银行最新调查提供的证据是，来自外国客户的新订单仍在减少。

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Swayze had said that he opted not to use painkillers while making The Beast because they would have taken the edge off his performance, but he never shied away from the fact time might be running out.

斯韦兹说过在制作《野兽》期间他选择不使用止痛药，因为止痛药将会降低他的表演水平，但是他从来没有回避他可能时日不多。

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"The statement from the G20 last night may have taken the edge off the current bitter market sentiment, but the reassurances from the finance ministers lack substance, " said Jane Foley at Rabobank.

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The election of a Labour government might be expected to have taken some of the edge off North-Eastern alienation, and so to soften the drive for regional government.

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That safety net would have taken some of the edge off the piano-wire-tense game against Stanford.

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