But firms starved of credit, short of cash and worried about future demand can scarcely afford to maintain fat stock levels.

但是公司非常缺乏信贷，缺少现金且担心未来对股票的需求再也不能够维持原来那样的水平。

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They leave their parental home for a Shared flat, a friend's couch, or a house they can scarcely afford.

他们离开父母的住宅去分租一套公寓，又或睡朋友的沙发，或买下一栋他们无法承担的房子。

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They could scarcely afford vegetables and fruit to supplement dull meals of lentils and flatbread.

她们几乎买不起蔬菜和水果来调剂一下由扁豆米饭和大饼构成的主食。

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But with other priorities, the United States can scarcely afford a stronger military presence in the region.

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That long, forced walk was going to steal valuable time in my day, time I could scarcely afford.

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But while he insists that educating people about how to plan for and respond to earthquakes is in some ways as important as improving buildings standards, he acknowledges that neither can be achieved without considerable financial outlay - something that a country like India can scarcely afford.

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