It is important for the state's future administrators to get out of the rarefied air of the capital.

对该国未来的统治者来说，摆脱首都高高在上的氛围十分重要。

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Both animals and people were gasping for breath in the rarefied air.

动物和人在稀薄的空气中都大口喘着气。

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Lift is a problem in the rarefied air of the stratosphere, and it seems such a design can help.

在空气稀薄的平流层中，如何产生升力是一个问题。 这种飞艇通过氢气浮力和空气动力制造升力的设计看上去能够解决这个难题。

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Three talented young daughters all teenagers in the 1960s and early '70s were deeply influenced by this rarefied air.

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So too are many of the factory chimneys that help turn the city's rarefied air into noxious smog.

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Strategy was con ceived in the rarefied air of highly staffed headquarters and sent out as 32-point orders to line managers.

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