If the problem is excess saving, and if uncertainty erodes confidence, a massive injection of liquidity such as the ECB’s in response to the subprime crisis may be necessary but not sufficient.

如果问题是胜于储蓄，而且如果不确定性破坏信心，那么，类似欧洲央行回应次级房贷危机而大量注入流动性或许是必要的，但确实不够的。

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There is uncertainty about the quantitative parameters, and there can be doubt about whether the warming of recent decades is entirely due to the “greenhouse effect.”

现在对于数量的参数存在不确定，而对于最近几十年的变暖是否完全应该归因于“温室效应”也存在质疑声。

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For companies, renegotiations mean uncertainty and possible interruptions of production and revenue.

对公司而言，重新谈判意味着不确定因素和对生产和收入可能 被打断。

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Nevertheless, much scientific “uncertainty” about the causes of disease is not real, but manufactured.

但无论如何，许多关于病因的科学“不确定性”并非真实的，而是人为制造的。

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However, I believe that Stern’s fundamental conclusion is justified: we are much better off reducing CO2 emissions substantially than risking the consequences of failing to act, even if, unlike Stern, one heavily discounts uncertainty and the future.

不过，我认为斯特恩的基本结论是正确的：即我们实质性地减少二氧化碳的排放肯定比因为没有采取行动而 冒由此带来的后果的风险要好得多，即便对于一个与斯特恩意见相左、大大低估不确定性和未来影响的人也是如此。

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For some, particularly the Bush administration, uncertainty regarding global warming appears to be a legitimate basis for postponing action, which is usually identified as “costly."

对某些人来说，尤其是布什政府，在全球变暖问题上的不确定似乎成了拖延采取行动的合法依据，这些行动总是被描述为“代价高昂”。

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Resolving Kosovo’s status is also a necessity for the province’s Serb minority, who continue to live in uncertainty, not knowing whether to look to Belgrade or Pristina for protection of their rights.

解决科索沃的地位问题同时也是该省作为少数民族的塞族的需要，否则他们将会继续陷入不安之中，不知该去贝尔格莱德还是塞尔维亚和黑山寻求自己权益的保护。

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