At current low sales rates, it may take a decade to clear the backlog of houses owned by the Banks.

按照目前的低销售比例，也许要花十年才能处理掉由银行拥有的房子。

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At work, don't schedule meetings for your first day or two back in the office - treat these as "catch-up" days: you'll need to clear that email backlog!

工作的时候，不要计划在第一天上班就去参加会议，或者是回到办公室的第二天，把这样的过程称为“振作”时间：你还将要清楚你的Email和backlog。

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Extra staff were employed to clear the backlog.

雇佣额外人手清理积压的工做。

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More than 20, 000 passengers have been stranded in Tokyo alone and it could take several days to clear the backlog, according to USA Today.

BBC: Resources for travellers stranded by Japanese tsunami

Eurotunnel said it was managing to clear the backlog of cars and lorries waiting to use its Channel Tunnel car service.

BBC: Traffic jam

As a result, a large backlog of data was generated and we are now working to clear that backlog and restore normal service as quickly as possible.

BBC: Blackberry's message goes missing