Monstrously inflated costs are designed to keep the hoi polloi at bay.

天价被设计用来让小老百姓们不敢问津。

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I'm trying to keep my creditors at bay.

我在竭力避开债主。

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However, as good as these services are, there are simple steps we can take to keep them at bay.

然而，尽管这些服务很好，我们还是可以采取一些简单的步骤，和它们保持距离。

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Lifestyle changes,new medications and treatments can also help keep heart disease at bay.

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If Putin is serious here, he will also keep at bay the International Monetary Fund, with its penchant for debilitating devaluation and grinding austerity.

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If Putin is serious here, he will also keep at bay the Inter-national Monetary Fund, with its penchant for debilitating devaluation and grinding austerity.

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On a small plot it takes a lot of expensive labor to keep at bay pests like phylloxera and the Japanese beetle, and afflictions like Pierce's disease that destroy vine yields.

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