Although I expect more bad news from the financial sector, it's tough to imagine it getting much worse.
虽然我期待更多的坏消息从金融领域传来，但是很难想象它会变得更糟。
At the close of the previous century, ambitions for malaria control had been reduced to holding the disease at bay, aiming to keep a very bad situation from getting any worse.
在上个世纪结束之际，疟疾控制方面的远大目标已被降至保持疾病稳定，其目标是保证其糟糕的境况不再变得更坏。
At the close of the previous century, ambitions for malaria control had been reduced to holding the disease at bay, aiming to keep a very bad situation from getting any worse.
在上个世纪结束之际，疟疾控制方面的远大目标已被降至保持疾病稳定，其目标是保证其糟糕的境况不再变得更坏。
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