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2013-09-22来源:Economist

1.go bust 失败,破产,完蛋

Third, allow some defaulting banks to go bust.
第三,允许一些资不抵债的银行破产。

Italy avoided a housing bubble; its banks did not go bust.
意大利避免了房地产泡沫,国内银行也没有陷入倒闭困境。

2.used to do 过去常常做某事

We used to do it to avoid the narcs.
我们过去仅仅是为了躲避缉毒警察。

A human being with a computer can hold the same amount of information stored in the russian state library, but that technology can also be used to do great harm.
一个拥有电脑的人可以拥有与俄罗斯国立图书馆(russian state library)等量的信息,但这种技术也会被用来制造极大伤害。

3.in part 在某种程度上,部分地;一半

Markets are nervous in part because of national politics.
国内政治是一部分市场紧张的原因。

In part this was the result of happenstance.
这在某种程度上是偶然事件造成的。

4.much more 更加;多

It was much more difficult than on land.
这比在陆地上难多了。

The verdict matters much more than the punishment.
陪审团的裁决比惩罚本身更加重要。