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Except for those places, this is a problem.
除了这些地区以外，其他地区的问题很严重。

Except for that deletion, mr. sokol concurred in the accuracy of the press release.
除了删除的那段话，索科尔先生对这则新闻稿的准确性别无异议。

2.tick up 增加

It may tick up in coming years as the young people now in college graduate.
并且在未来几年里还会加上现在大学毕业的年轻人。

A significant slowdown could cause the number of nonperforming loans to tick up.
经济显著放缓或会导致不良贷款增加。

3.because of 因为，由于

And it's not because of poor earnings.
而且，这并非因为盈利糟糕。

Most likely because of krzanich-school practicality.
很可能是因为科兹安尼克的实用至上主义。

4.push down 压倒；迫使

Speculation increased that the federal reserve might make further unconventional interventions to push down long-term borrowing costs.
美联储可能会针对投机买卖的增长采取进一步非传统干涉来降低长期借款费用。

Big supply gluts in ireland and spain are likely to push down house prices there for some time to come.
在爱尔兰和西班牙，大量过剩的房屋应当会在一段时间内推动房价持续走低。