For an increasing number of kids, the extra time and money spent pursuing a college diploma will leave them worse off than they were before they set foot on campus.

对于越来越多的孩子来说，为了追求一张大学文凭而额外花费在学习上的时间和金钱会使他们的情况变得比踏入校园前更糟。

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No mind-set could be worse for losing yourself in a book.

没有什么思维模式（比这种）更不利于沉浸在书本中了。

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Stern added that the global situation is now worse than he set out in the Stern review in 2006.

斯特恩还表示，全球目前的情况比2006年他在《斯特恩评估报告》中设立减排目标时更为糟糕。

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Mr Obama and his advisers, at odds over strategy, dithered over allocating troops and, far worse, set a date for them to start their withdrawal (see Lexington).

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Until the government is willing to grasp this particular nettle, congestion looks set to get worse.

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