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Prince Turki said the kingdom was working on developing wind, solar and nuclear sources to avoid sapping oil exports.

费萨尔亲王说，沙特正在努力发展风能、太阳能和核能，以避免影响石油出口。

Rogers knew that he had to move from the side of the bus, where the full force of the current was sapping his dwindling energy.

罗杰斯明白他不得不从汽车的一侧移开，因为洪水的巨大冲刷力正消耗着他本来就在削弱的力气。

As a striker in his own playing days, Ferguson is also aware of the sapping effects of a bad run.

作为一个前锋出身的教练，弗格森很清楚地知道一次错误跑位的不良影响。

Not only is Houston flat but it's hot, a strength-sapping steam bath for at least six months of the year.

休斯敦地形平坦，天气酷热，一年中至少有6个月暑气蒸溽，令人四肢乏力。

More generally, falling property prices are one of the factors sapping consumer confidence.

更广泛地说，房价不断下跌是打击消费者信心的因素之一。

LAST November marked the start of the tenth year since the epic, stamina-sapping Doha round of trade talks began.

去年11月标志着自历史性的一刻——逐渐消耗耐力的多哈回合贸易谈判开始以来第十个年头的开始。

January's VAT rise has added to the inflation stemming from oil prices and a weak pound, sapping consumer spending.

1月份增值税的提高加重了缘起油价，货币贬值的通货膨胀，削减了消费者支出。

If taken too far, such handouts tend to become a crutch rather than a leg-up, and can end up sapping public support for the policy.

如果政府拨款毫无限度，就会成为绊脚石，而非一臂之力，并且最终还会削减公众对政策的支持。

Sometimes, a job that's sapping your energy can be fixed with just a few little tweaks.

有时候，一份耗费你精力的工作只需要稍作调整就能修复过来。

And its probably sapping your creativity along with it.

也许你的创造力会因此而受阻滞。

balance sheet pressures sapping growth, instability in the core of the global economic system, and social tensions.

削弱经济增长的资产负债表压力、全球经济体系核心的不稳定性，以及社会紧张关系。

In richer countries, rising gasoline prices have been sapping consumers' ability to spend on other things.

在较富裕的国家，汽油价格上涨已经影响了消费者在其他商品上的开支。

Unnecessarily long working hours are the norm, sapping productivity.

加班本不必要，却成为常态，导致生产率受损。

Excessive budget deficits, left unattended, risk weakening our markets and sapping our economic vitality.

如果我们对过度的预算赤字视而不见，那么我们的市场就可能受到削弱，我们的经济活力就可能受到损害。

But the West's economic slump has given force to their claims by sapping the earning power of the young.

但是西方经济的不景气冲击着年轻人的赚钱能力，使这个理由大打折扣。

Retail therapy does work, but being happy can end up sapping our self-control in the face of tempting sales.

零售也是个好办法，开心的感觉能让我们在面对折扣的诱惑时失去自我控制。

One worry is that the Franco-German proposals re-open a number of contentious debates within the EU, further sapping investor confidence.

有人担心，德法提议会重启欧盟内部的诸多争议，进一步打击投资者信心。

They want to slow expansion just enough to cool inflation without sapping job growth.

他们想在不影响就业率增长，而又足以抑制通货膨胀的基础上适当减缓发展速度。

A classic case where market intervention is sapping the moral fiber of a society, " Popenoe says. "

波普诺说：“这是市场介入在削弱社会道德意志的一个典型案例。”

As Mr Acquisti says, sharing named photos online has "opened the floodgates" to a new, privacy-sapping world. Shutting them will be hard.

正如阿奎斯蒂所说的那样，共享网上的已命名照片，恰似向隐私正遭受破坏的新世界打开了一扇闸门，想要再关上，就难了。