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Black Friday sets the tone for the end-of-year shopping season, which in turn is a make-or-break period for many US retailers struggling to defend market share as unemployment and a weak housing market keep consumer sentiment fragile.

“黑色星期五”为年终购物季定下基调，由于失业严重和房产市场疲软致使消费者人气不振，这也成为许多美国零售商为保卫市场份额而战的决定性阶段。

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it sets the tone for season one.

它奠定了第一季的基调。

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Choose from the various font and color sets to create a theme that matches the tone of your document.

在各种字体和颜色设置中进行选择，以创建符合文档风格的主题。

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The January edition of the Parisian design and interiors trade fair Maison et Objet sets the tone for the year ahead.

今年初举办的巴黎Maison et Objet家居装饰博览会为全年的室内设计风格确定了风向标。

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But what's the point of looking runway-ready in a culture where Mark Zuckerberg's sweatshirt sets the tone?

但在马克-扎克伯格的运动衫定下基调的文化中，花枝招展的时尚装扮又有什么意义呢？

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He doesn't need to rely on personal politics. It'sets the tone.

他不必依靠个人权术, 他的了解已确定了基调.

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The service desk at the entrance, with its friendly, helpful and efficient staff, sets the tone for the rest of the store.

入口处设有服务台，加之友好、热心与高效的服务人员，营造了这家商店的整体氛围。

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With China's WTO entry, however, the architecture industry is now led into an environment where competition sets the tone, which poses accordingly a great challenge to enterprises in the business of project construction.

在已经进入WTO游戏规则的今天，我国建筑业将直面一个国际性开放的竞争环境，同样的挑战也摆在了我国从事项目管理的企业面前。

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