People like to smooth consumption over their lifetimes, so during their working years they spend less than they earn and accumulate wealth, which they then draw down once they retire.

人们偏向于使一生中的消费顺顺当当，所以在他们工作的期间，他们的消费要少于储蓄以便积累财富，而当一旦他们退休，就会开始领取资金。

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To fix the problem, make sure resource consumption stays at or below the threshold level and instance resource redundancy failover is working.

要解决这个问题，一定要保证资源消耗等于或小于临界值，并且采用了实例资源冗余故障恢复措施。

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The spike in demand is working in the cartel's favour, as stronger consumption starts slowly to dent the world's bulging oil inventories.

需求飙升有利于欧佩克，因为更为强劲的消费开始慢慢消减全球日益膨胀的石油库存。

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Among other things, Lord Skidelsky thinks shorter working hours, higher taxes on consumption and less advertising might provide a way to do it.

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Various government agencies and non-government organizations (NGOs) are working together to campaign against ivory consumption in the hopes that driving down demand will reduce or eliminate the incentive for poaching.

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These households will arrive at retirement with insufficient wealth to maintain the average level of consumption enjoyed over their working life, let alone the increased standard of living enjoyed after the children leave.

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