It's not as painful as raising money from investors, perhaps, but the pain is spread over a longer period. Years, probably.

可能没有向投资者要钱那么痛苦，但这个痛期会更长，痛个几年都说不准。

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The pain is spread out over a longer period. But pain there will be, in the form of higher taxes, higher bond yields, slower growth or a combination of all three.

短痛变成了长痛，但痛苦终究要来——要么是赋税高调，要么是债券收益率上涨，要么是增长放缓，要么是三者同来，祸不单行。

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Another scenario where this may be useful is if the messages in a group are spread over a long period of time.

此机制的另一个可用场景为组中的消息分散在很长的时间内进行传递。

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That inaugural events are spread over a four-day period has made security even more challenging.

CNN: Authorities mount record security effort to ensure inaugural safety

This included the proposal to allow such pension recovery plans to be spread over a much longer period - such as 20 years.

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The cuts would be spread in equal annual increments over the 2013-2021 period.

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