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and for my looks, I would like to be innocent with a little bad and bad with a little innocent. am I afflicting you?

对于我个人的外表来说，我也喜欢把自己打扮成天使魔鬼混合样子，纯洁中带点坏，坏中又不能少纯洁！嘿嘿，是不是有点折磨人呀？

It would if it struck just as America's economy was slowing sharply and as weakness was afflicting both western Europe and Japan.

如果它正好在美国经济急剧衰退、西欧和日本经济共同经历疲软时发生，它会是重要的。

He blessed its existence, he told me, because he could look up information on multiple sclerosis- the terrible disease afflicting his wife.

他告诉我，他非常庆幸有网络这么个东西，正是由于网络的存在，他才能够找寻更多关于多发性硬化症的信息，而这可怕的疾病正折磨着他的妻子。

A number of our fellow economists do share with us a sense of general malaise afflicting contemporary microeconomic theory.

很多经济学家朋友都和我们一样，对当今微观经济学理论持有一种普遍的隐忧[1]。

Increasing food prices are not the only problem afflicting the poor.

粮食价格暴涨并不是折磨穷人的唯一问题。

top Violent crime is only one of the maladies afflicting modern society.

暴力犯罪仅仅是危害社会的弊病之一。

Violent crime is only one of the maladies afflicting modern society.

暴力犯罪仅危害现代社会的弊病之一。

Tunnel trouble is only one of the woes afflicting the book trade.

“隧道问题”只是困扰图书贸易的结症之一。

Just as with chest pains, the malaise afflicting Europe's banks should not be left untreated.

就像胸口疼痛一样，也许对欧洲银行来说只是小病，但不能放任自流。

Even if it works perfectly, the damage will continue for months, if not longer, afflicting sea and bird life, beaches, fishing and tourism.

即使这种办法十分管用，漏油造成的危害仍将持续好几个月甚至更长时间，影响着海洋生物和鸟类的生活、海滩、渔业及旅游业。

MANY Japanese businessmen will tell you that the biggest problem afflicting their country is lack of political leadership.

许多日本商人会告诉你日本面临的最大问题是缺乏政治领导力。

But this risk will be tempered by the slowdown already afflicting the American economy and heading across the Atlantic.

但是这个风险将被已让美国头痛并跨越大西洋的经济减速缓解。

OF ALL the blights afflicting the sea, carbon dioxide is just one. Man has used the oceans as a dustbin for far too long.

在所有损害海洋的不良影响中，二氧化碳只是其中之一。人类将海洋用作垃圾箱已经很久。

Environmental pollution is afflicting many cities and towns all over the world.

环境污染正在危害着全世界的许多城镇。

All the dreadful afflicting things that I saw there, joined to make the place seem an emblem of hell itself.

我在那里所看到的一切令人触目惊心的东西使那地方好像是地狱的象征。

But pre-race nerves this year are afflicting the sport as a whole as much as the drivers themselves.

但今年，赛前紧张不仅折磨着车手，同样也折磨着整项赛事。

The oil catastrophe afflicting the Gulf of Mexico underscores just how dangerous offshore oil exploration can be.

墨西哥湾的石油泄漏可谓飞来横祸，近海石油勘探的危险也由此可见一斑。

But the increasingly acute personnel bottlenecks afflicting the Obama administration are likely to continue for weeks if not months.

但困扰奥巴马（Obama）政府、日益严峻的人事瓶颈问题，可能会持续数周——如果不是数月的话。

The base case remains that growth will be strong enough for China to muddle through the various stresses afflicting its economy.

大趋势依然是增长将很强劲，足以使中国应付影响中国经济的各种压力。

The treaty is certainly not going to solve all the troubles afflicting the oceans, nor settle all the world's maritime disputes.

公约当然不能立即解决所有困扰海洋的问题，或者平息全世界关于海洋的争端。