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It is said that now, being in very reduced circumstances, these people are ready to grant permission to any one who will undertake the work of mining.
但是现在，据说这些人因为生活极其贫困，只要有人愿意采矿，无论是谁他们都会同意。
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Their years in Springfield brought hard work, a family of boys, and reduced circumstances to the pleasure-loving girl who had never felt responsibility before.
以前她喜欢享受，无所顾忌，但在斯普林菲尔德的日子充满艰辛，有了儿子之后生活日渐拮据，这一切都要她来承担。
REDUCED CIRCUMSTANCES If your household income and assets aren’t what they once were, it can be a real problem for spouses who are not living in the style to which they have become accustomed.
家道衰落如果你的家庭收入和固定资产不像以往那样丰盈了，这对于不能按照他们已经习惯的方式生活的配偶来说是个实在的问题。

GDP Furthermore, Reagan reduced spending as a proportion of gross domestic product and Clinton reduced it even further You have a bipartisan achievement which alas in the current circumstances it slips.
另外，里根根据,按比例削减了政府开支,到克林顿执政时，开支进一步减少了,这是两党共同努力的结果,不过可惜如今已不复存在了。
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a polite way to describe a situation in which someone is poorer than they once were