If we take the lead in this, others may follow.

May I refer you to my letter of 14 May?

你查看一下我5月14日给你的信好吗？

In practical terms this law may be difficult to enforce.

从实际的角度来看，这项法律可能难以执行。

It's a long shot, but it just might work.

没有什么把握，但也许行得通。

May I take your order?

您现在点菜吗？

Before you brush this argument aside as rubbish, or think of joy as an unaffordable luxury in a nation where there is awful poverty, low academic achievement, and high dropout rates, think again.

在你把这一论点当作垃圾置之不理,或者认为快乐在贫穷不堪、学业成绩低下、辍学率高的国家是一种无法负担的奢侈品之前,请三思。

Skyrocketing fuel costs make individual vehicles unaffordable.

一路飙升的油价让人们越来越难以负担开车成本。

How can the Republicans talk about competing in the global economy then turn around and make college education unaffordable for many middle-class families?

共和党怎麽可以一面高谈全球经济竞争力，一面又不顾中产阶级家庭没有上大学的能力？

Not only has housing become unaffordable, but "you open the rich list and all these property developers are on it".

不仅住房成了难以负担的开支，“你翻开富豪榜，还会发现所有这些地产开发商都在上面”。

When the acquirer's stock suddenly loses value, what was once an economical deal can suddenly seem unaffordable.

当收购方的股价突然下跌时，曾经非常划算的交易，就会突然变得无法承受。

Not only were public pensions systems becoming unaffordable in Asia, they were also inadequate for most pensioners, it said.

报告称，亚洲国家不仅在逐渐变得无力支付公共养老金，并且对大多数领取养老金生活的人来说，当前数额已显不足。

As a consequence, many people consider accessible design to be unaffordable, and therefore, harmful to product competitiveness.

所以，许多人认为易访问设计是负担不起的，因此，对产品竞争力不利。

High prices often make medicines unaffordable, with common treatments costing the lowest paid government worker several days'wages.

高价位通常使药品难以承受，一般性的治疗会耗费掉工资最低的政府工作人员几天的薪水。

However, the rent prices are often unaffordable.

然而，当地的房租价格往往令人负担不起。

Puerperal mental disorders were as melancholy, pessimism for unaffordable responsibility to be mother.

产褥期不良心理主要为产后忧郁心理，感到难以承担母亲责任的消极悲观状态。

Think about it--solar power used to be uncommon and unaffordable.

思考一下它吧，太阳能曾经十分稀少且价格高昂。

What will voters say when Mr Obama, if he wins, tells them that his health plan is unaffordable?

如果奥巴马获胜后告诉选民，他无力负担自己的健康计划，那么选民会说什么？

The temptation to use the euro zone to defend unaffordable privileges will be strong.

利用欧元区来保护负担不起的特别待遇这一趋势会逐渐加强。

Essential life saving medicines may become either unavailable or unaffordable.

挽救生命的基本药物可能会出现要么断货要么价格过于昂贵的这种状况。

For many people, a balanced diet or iron supplements are often unaffordable.

而且对许多人来说往往负担不起均衡的饮食或铁补充剂。

Her pre-existing condition of depression had already caused insurance companies to either deny her coverage or offer unaffordable policies.

她已有的抑郁症已经令保险公司否认其保险项目或提供负担不起的政策。