As much as we are pressed by the harsh and tough economic realities, the world of the bottom line and success and failure, we yearn for the time when life was free of all those pressures.

我们愈被苛刻的经济现实、充满底线限制的世界和成败得失压迫着，我们便愈向往有那么一天生活能从深渊中活过来。

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The support of a friend during a tough time could make the difference between success and failure.

在最困难的时候，朋友的支持是成功与失败的关键。

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So it's no wonder that biomedical engineers have had a tough time building a mechanical replica to keep patients with heart failure alive and well.

由于心脏复杂的生理结构，生物医学工程师需要耗费漫长的时间来建造一个机械复制品，使用人工心脏来保持心力衰竭患者良好地活下去。

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Opposition socialists say this is proof that Sarkozy's tough security measures have been a failure.

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Vienna will gloss over failure with much blether about tough new policies.

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This is the time when journalists should be asking tough questions, and I think there was a failure there.

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