国家指标指数(National benchmark indexes)在18个西欧市场中的17个下挫。

National benchmark indexes dropped in all but one of the 18 western European markets.

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新建房屋的数目是国家繁荣的一个有用指标。

The number of new houses being built is a good index of a country's prosperity.

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简而言之，衡量国家经济福祉的核心指标就像一台计算器，只能增加，不能减少。

In short, the nation's central measure of economic well-being works like a calculating machine that adds but cannot subtract.

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We think a lot about weight in this country, but weight is a remarkably carefully controlled parameter of a person, that is, you have to work pretty hard to gain weight or to lose weight.

我们身在一个特别关注体重的国家,然而体重是一个,需要小心地控制地人体指标,这就是说,你必须付出相当多的努力,才能增加或减少体重

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