Of course if you've invested time leveling your pet it's a tough decision to snuff it out.

当然，假如你愿意花费时间来提高你宠物的级别，那就会是一个艰难的抉择。

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The ECB is raising rates to snuff out inflation pressure, but it is being delicate in its policy response as there is still a sovereign debt crisis going on that is afflicting some peripheral nations.

欧洲央行正在上调利率以消除通胀压力，但其在政策回应上相当谨慎，因为部分外围国家仍在受主权债务危机的折磨。

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The Brummie accent, a nasal drone that suggests despondency to anyone outside Birmingham who is lucky enough to hear it, is also spreading as its speakers move west into Wales, where it threatens to snuff out the melodic local lilt.

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But a persistent crime problem, made worse by staggering poverty, widespread unemployment and a failing school system, threatens to snuff out that recovery before it even takes root.

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He worries that rising gasoline prices will eventually snuff out demand for cars the way it did in 2008.

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