The price of sudden climate change, in famine, disease and suffering, was often high.

在饥荒、疾病和苦难中，气候突变的代价往往很高。

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An inability to do that is the price paid for protection from famine by those predisposed to marasmus.

由那些预先安排给消瘦症患者免于饥馑措施付出的代价就是，要做到这些相当无能为力。

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There, a new paper by the Peterson Institute for InternationalEconomics (IIE) in Washington argues, recent extreme price rises appear consistent with the onset of famine (see chart).

华盛顿的皮特森国际经济学院（IIE）一篇最新文章指出：最近粮价的极度上涨与那里饥荒的发生成正比（见图表）。

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For the billion or so people around the world who live on the equivalent of a dollar a day, it could mean stark hunger, a price-induced famine.

NPR: Global Outcry Over Rising Food Prices

It is a paradox reminiscent of the Irish potato famine that in a population near starvation the demand for a staple goes up even as its price skyrockets.

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