常见的错误是面面俱到及削减成本，从而削弱公司，而不是提高其核心业务竞争力。

A common mistake is to go for across-the-board job and cost cuts that weaken the company without sharpening its core businesses.

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首先，他们房屋的价值会下跌而更加难以出售，从而削弱他们的安全感和资金流动性。

First, their houses would be worth less and be harder to sell, thus cutting into their sense of security and liquidity.

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显微镜下检测显示出纳米级别的黄金粒子能够在细菌的细胞膜上形成孔洞，从而削弱细菌对抗生素的抵抗能力。

When examined under a microscope it was revealed that the gold within the nanoparticles actually creates holes in the cell walls of the bacteria, thereby weakening its resistance to the antibiotics.

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