There is a starched, stilted feeling in the tepid evening air as, almost strangers, they stand, "strangely together, on a new pinnacle of existence".

在微热的空气中有一种僵硬、凝固的感觉，他们几乎陌生人般的站着，“奇怪的一起站在一个新的生活顶点上”。

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We expect that a tepid recovery in external demand in 2010 to be reinforced by a lagged boost to household expenditure from monetary easing and lower inflation.

我们预计，由于银根放松及通胀降低而带来的滞后的住户支出，2010年回暖的国外需求将得到加强。

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Yahoo's tepid financial results, announced Tuesday, show a company that is making only modest headway as it tries to regain some of its former growth as well as its glory.

在周二，雅虎宣布财务业务仍然处于不温不火中。它显示公司正在做低调的进展，以尝试恢复一些昔日的增长及荣耀。

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Today it ranks a mediocre seventh in sales and has been growing a tepid 5.7% a year, less than half the rate of some of its big rivals.

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Richard Soultanian, director at energy consulting firm NUS Consulting Group in Park Ridge, NJ, says that looking at growth from an energy demand perspective, the economy looks tepid in a best case scenario.

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Toyota has always believed that fuel cell technology is the long-term answer for zero emissions driving, so the company pulling back from a tepid market should not be viewed as a surprise.

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