城市内互相交错的公路和铁路早已在增长的人口压力下吱吱作响，勉强运转。
The roads and rails crisscrossing big cities already creak underthe pressure of growing populations.
2004年，这座小岛上勉强运转的电网得到太阳能电池板和充电电池的增援，以保证电灯明亮。
In 2004, the barely functioning electrical grid on this small island was reinforced with a solar array and rechargeable batteries to keep the lights on.
它反对伊朗的核野心，它的慷慨让难以驾御的海湾人保持平静，埃及、突尼斯和利比亚勉强维持的经济也非常需要它来帮助加快运转。
It opposes the nuclear ambitions of Iran. Its largesse keeps the restive citizenry of the Gulf quiet-and will be vitally required to help crank up the creaking economies of Egypt, Tunisia and Libya.
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