He curls his tail, and, gazing earnestly. He speaks so soft, scarce whispering each word:

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And there's no worry about wasted fuel on occasions when fish are scarce.

而且不用担心在鱼量稀少时开船会浪费燃料。

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Time is scarce, so what do we do?

时间非常有限，所以我们怎么办？

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It sometimes requires the reader to tolerate unpleasantness or annoyance — as, for example, when he reads of the threatening foreign situation, the mounting national debt, rising taxes, falling market, scarce housing, and cancer.

它有时要求读者容忍不愉快或烦恼——例如,当他读到国际局势充满威胁、国债不断攀升、税收越来越高、市场日益衰落、住房稀缺和癌症时。

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In some cases, water is so scarce that farmers break open sewage pipes transporting waste to local rivers.

在某些水资源急缺的情况下，农民会破坏下水管道，运输废水到当地河流。

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Premature retirement even with a golden handshake can well lead to extensive frustration and waste of scarce human resources.

过早的退休即便有优厚的退休金也会导致挫伤和浪费人力。

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Food was scarce and expensive

食物供不应求，而且价格昂贵。

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Fresh food is so scarce that prices have rocketed

新鲜食物非常匮乏，导致价格猛涨。

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Scarce water resources are shared between states who cannot trust each other

稀有的水资源被两个互不信任的国家所共享。

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Ramona spoke with warmth when she recollected the doctor who used to be at the county hospital

拉蒙纳回忆起曾在乡村医院工作的那位医生时，言语中透着温情。

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Bradley projects a natural warmth and sincerity

布拉德利表现出一种自然的热情和真诚。

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It created a glowing centre of warmth that quickly diffused through my limbs

它形成了一个温暖的热源，热量迅速扩散至我的四肢。

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There was a warmth and passion about him I never knew existed

他身上有一股我从不知道的热情和激情。

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Electricity provides us with warmth and light and all our modern home comforts

电给我们带来了温暖和照明，以及一切现代家庭舒适品。

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They've painted it red to create a feeling of warmth.

他们把它刷成红色以造成一种温暖的感觉。

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A young unknown played the leading role.

演主角的是一个名不见经传的年轻人。

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My husband, for some unknown reason, suggested that I loved my birds more than him: as if I would

我丈夫，莫名其妙地，暗示我爱鸟甚于爱他：仿佛我真如此似的。

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The exact location of the plane crash is still unknown.

飞机失事的确切位置还不清楚。

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An unknown number of demonstrators were arrested

有数目不详的示威者遭到了逮捕。

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According to Leslie, those who ridiculed former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld for his 2002 remark that we have to be wary of the "unknown unknowns" were mistaken.

莱斯利认为，前国防部长唐纳德·拉姆斯菲尔德在2002年说，我们要警惕那些“未知的未知”，那些因此而嘲笑他的人是错误的。

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The man's identity remains unknown.

这名男子的身份还是个谜。

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