But good agricultural harvests this year would ease the strain of grain supply.

不过，今年农作物收成良好，应可纾缓粮食供应紧张的情况。

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Any hope that Monday's quake might help ease the strain is likely to be misplaced.

对于星期一的地震有可能减轻地下压力的任何希望都可能是盲目的。

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The best way for America to ease the new strain on its libraries is by closing the digital divide; companies and state agencies are unlikely ever to give up the efficiencies they won by moving online.

对于美国来说，减轻图书馆的新压力最好的方式就是终止数字鸿沟；公司和州立机构永远也不可能放弃把业务移到网上所赢得的效率。

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That would ease the strain on existing lines, making more room for freight trains and commuter services.

ECONOMIST: High-speed rail

To ease the strain, Hanjin (owned by the same group that is struggling to manage Korean Air) has sold much of its fleet and leased it back.

ECONOMIST: Shipping

The recent resignation of controversial finance minister "Red" Oskar Lafontaine may have helped ease the political strain, but the German government's grip on events seems decidedly less firm that under previous Chancellor Helmut Kohl.

BBC: By Political Correspondent Nick Assinder