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Wrought by the housing bust: Even as it tarnishes the near-sacred image of home ownership, it might be clearing the way for an economic recovery.

人们越来越甘愿放弃自己的房子，这显示出楼市泡沫破裂所带来的一种矛盾性的改变：在楼市泡沫破裂打碎了人们近乎神圣的有房梦的同时，却可能也在为经济复苏扫清道路。

People's increasing willingness to abandon their own piece of America illustrates a paradoxical change wrought by the housing bust: Even as it tarnishes the near-sacred image of home ownership, it might be clearing the way for an economic recovery.

人们越来越甘愿放弃自己的房子，这显示出楼市泡沫破裂所带来的一种矛盾性的改变：在楼市泡沫破裂打碎了人们近乎神圣的有房梦的同时，却可能也在为经济复苏扫清道路。

I was brought up in an Italian immigrant family with a work ethic that teetered on the verge of slave labour.

我在一个意大利移民家庭长大，而家里的职业道德近乎是要像奴隶一样去劳作。

They may , for example , sybolize the telescoped , almost momentry character of the past as seen through the eyes of anxious or disaffected individual .

比如说，它们可能象征这近乎瞬间的过去的缩影，就像某个焦虑而不满的人眼里所呈现的那样。

She verged on rude when she answered teacher's question.

那女孩回答老师的问话时态度近乎粗鲁。

Her silly talk verged on nonsense.

她的蠢话近乎胡说八道。

Their work also verges into performance art.

他们的工作也近乎到表演艺术。

His strange behaviour sometimes verges on madness.

他那古怪的举止有时近乎疯狂。

Their work also verges into performance art.

他們的工作也近乎到表演藝術。

But much of their summitry verges on farce.

但其中很多峰会都近乎闹剧。

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。