A skeleton staff of 20 is being kept on.

留下了20名骨干人员。

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He argues strongly for retention of NATO as a guarantee of peace.

他强烈要求保留北大西洋公约组织以维护和平。

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He remains the anchor of the country's fragile political balance.

他仍然是维系该国脆弱的政治平衡的支柱。

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The standard of living today is on the edge of subsistence.

现在的生活水平几乎快要无法维持生计。

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He fought tooth and nail to keep his job.

他竭尽全力保住自己的工作。

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His parents' obsession with keeping up appearances haunted his childhood.

父母过于爱面子的做法在他儿时一直困扰着他。

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The big factories are trying to stay alive by cutting costs.

大型工厂正试图通过削减成本以维持生存。

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He can let the court's decision stand and permit the execution.

他有权维持法庭判决，批准死刑生效。

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Who brings up the baby and who brings home the bacon?

是谁抚养孩子的，是谁赚钱养家的？

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That adds up to an endorsement of the status quo.

那算是对现状的赞同。

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Their room was bare of furniture and they lived off porridge.

他们家徒四壁，靠喝粥度日。

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They decided to put their relationship on a more formal footing.

他们决定正式交往。

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Speakers have been shouted down, classes disrupted, teachers made to grovel.

发言人的声音被叫嚷声盖住了，课堂一片混乱，老师们不得不好言相劝。

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Their defense markets are too small to sustain economically viable production runs.

他们的国防市场太小，就经济可行性而言不足以维持生产。

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He lives on a single parent's allowance of £70 a week.

他靠每周70英镑的单亲家庭生活补助过日子。

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