Stockmarkets had another rocky week amid more concern over sovereign debt in Europe.

在对欧洲主权债务危机的持续关注中，股票市场又迎来动荡的一周。

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The sovereign debt crisis in Europe has slowed down the economic recovery, he said, adding that the impact of the crisis is more severe and complicated than people expected.

最近欧洲主权债务危机拖累欧洲经济复苏。国际金融危机影响的严重性和复杂性都超过人们的预期。

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The first calculation is helped by the sovereign-debt crisis in Europe.

欧洲主权债务危机促成了第一种考虑。

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That basically means investors are worried that we are probably going to be going into a double dip scenario because of the sovereign debt crisis that is occurring in Europe."

VOA: standard.2010.05.25

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