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Many governments across Europe have sworn to do something about the parlous state of their universities.
歐洲很多國家政府都承諾要為大學的危險狀況做出努力。
To persuade the investors to take on such a tricky job in a country with such parlous politics, the government agreed to forgo its share of the revenues until they had recouped their costs.
為了說服投資者參與到這個危險的工作中來，而且當時的俄羅斯政治形勢又是異常嚴峻，所以政府就同意放棄了持有股份直到投資方收回成本為止。
They know this will put further strain on their parlous finances, but shopping is their way of dealing with stress of debt.
他們知道這會對他們本已危險的財務狀況帶來壓力，但購物卻是他們處理債務壓力的的方式。

Investors have been willing to put money into this sector, despite its parlous condition.
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