泥潭

A glut of repossessed houses dampens prices, and not just by adding to the supply of homes for sale. Thanks to high commodity prices, vacant homes in poorer neighbourhoods are quickly stripped of their aluminium sidings and copper fixtures. Marginal houses become uninhabitable; crime rises; whole areas are blighted.

回收房屋的积压拉低了房价，这不仅仅是因为增加了现有市场出售房的数量；由于基本商品的高价格，位于较穷区空屋的铝框和铜质装置很快就被拆去，原来勉强可住的屋子被拆至无法入住；不但犯罪增加，整个社区都被拖进泥潭。

A glut of repossessed houses dampens prices, and not just by adding to the supply of homes for sale. Thanks to high commodity prices, vacant homes in poorer neighbourhoods are quickly stripped of their aluminium sidings and copper fixtures. Marginal houses become uninhabitable; crime rises; whole areas are blighted.

回收房屋的积压影响了房价，还不只是增加了现有市场出售房的数量；由于基本商品的高价格，位于较穷区空屋的铝墙片和铜质装置很快就被拆去，原来勉强可住的屋子被拆至无法入住；不但犯罪增加，整个社区都被拖进泥潭。

The only honourable way to pass a law exam is to make a few notes on the cuff and take a quick shufti at them during the occasional visit to the bog.

但是法律！通过法律考试唯一的诚实路径就是在免费地做点小笔记和在间或陷入泥潭的时候快速的瞥一眼。

For those (and they are legion, on inner-city council estates as well as in the shires) who think that society in Britain is "broken", the country is stuck in a mire of crime, fractured families and feral youth.

在那些认为英国社会已经破落了的人看来（他们中有来自住市中心国有廉租房的，也有来自郡县的），这个国家已经深陷于犯罪高发，家庭破碎，青年放浪的泥潭。

For those (and they are legion, on inner-city council estates as well as in the shires) who think that society in Britain is "broken", the country is stuck in a mire of crime, fractured families and feral youth.

有些人认为英国社会一盘散沙，深陷泥潭：犯罪率高，家庭支离破碎，青少年放荡不羁。（有这种想法的为数不少，既包括市中心council estates也包括郡

For those (and they are legion, on inner-city council estates as well as in the shires) who think that society in Britain is "broken", the country is stuck in a mire of crime, fractured families and feral youth.

有些人认为英国社会破烂不堪，深陷泥潭：犯罪率高，家庭支离破碎，青少年放荡不羁。（有这种想法的为数不少，既包括市中心council estates也包括郡

As well as in the shires who think that society in Britain is "broken", the country is stuck in a mire of crime, fractured families and feral youth.

深陷泥潭：犯罪率高，家庭支离破碎，青少年放荡不羁。（有这种想法的为数不少，既包括市中心council estates也包括郡

Bigger deals, which are bogged down[1] in legal and political quagmires, it is likely to proceed smoothly.

锋。而且，与陷入法律和政治泥潭而停滞不前的前述两单大买卖形成鲜明对比的是，这一次有可能一帆风

And in striking contrast to the two bigger deals, which are bogged down in legal and political quagmires, it is likely to proceed smoothly.

另外，相比较另外两宗正陷入政治争吵泥潭的更大的交易，Iberdrola的这起并购进展的更比顺利。

And in striking contrast to the two bigger deals, which arebogged down[1]in legal political quagmires, it is likely to proceed smoothly.

而且，与陷入法律和政治泥潭而停滞不前的前述两单大买卖形成鲜明对比的是，这一次有可能 www.ssBBww.cOm 一帆风顺。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。