Borrowing funds is costly for countries with poor credit ratings.

对于信用评级较差的国家来说，借款成本高昂。

They theorized that earlier start times would be associated with lower performance in almost all of those areas - particularly in disadvantaged schools.

他们的理论是，在几乎所有这些领域中，更早的上学时间与更差的表现都有关联—尤其是在处境较差的学校里。

And agriculture was by no means the lesser of the two.

农业绝不是两者中较差的一方。

Poor quality bamboo paper is made into paper money, and burned as an offering.

质量较差的竹纸被制成纸钱，用于祭祀焚烧。

A shop in a weaker location could not afford such a reductive lens on strategy.

一家地理位置较差的店铺无法承受如此狭隘的战略视角。

That includes developing countries with poor health systems.

这包括卫生系统较差的发展中国家。

His main obstacles were his weaknesses in maths and English.

他的阻碍主要来源于他较差的数学和英语成绩。

I'm afraid I wouldn't take it so seriously - I'll stick to drinking poorer quality, cheap red wine – sometimes called plonk!

怕我不会把它当真——我还是继续喝质量较差的价葡萄酒吧——有时也被价劣质酒！

The giant is the team that is usually stronger, more powerful or skilful than the other team – and the killing happens when the weaker or less skilful team beats them.

这个" 巨人" 一般是指比较厉害、强大或者技术比较好的队伍——" 反杀" 是指比较弱或者技术较差的一队打败了强队。

Pregnant women and people with poor health often are permitted to eat during the day.

孕妇和身体较差的人也允许在日间进食。

Where governments are doing worse rather than better is when it comes to socioeconomic diversity, there are fewer and fewer working-class members of parliament, fewer and fewer members of the government who didn't go to private schools.

多元化有很多方面，而政府作较差的就是社会经济多元化，工人阶级的议会议员数量越来越少，不上私立学校的政府成员越来越少。

Another study of 13 to 18 year olds found that secret keeping was associated with psychosocial problems like depressed moods, low self-control, loneliness, and poor relationships.

另一项对13岁到18岁的人群的研究发现，保守秘密和一些心理问题有关，比如抑郁情绪，自制力低下，孤独感和较差的人际关系。

In the latest findings, the researchers noted that those with a weak nose were 30 percent more likely to die by year 13 than people with a good sense of smell.

在最新的研究结果中，研究人员指出，嗅觉较差的人在13年后死亡的概率比嗅觉灵敏的人高30%。

They then had professional dancers analyze the clips, using a Laban Movement Analysis system to rate how coordinated the individuals in the clips were; and concluded that criminals found those walking with less confidence and coordination were easier targets.

然后，他们让专业舞者使用拉班动作分析系统分析视频片段，以评估视频中个人的协调性；最后得出结论：犯罪分子觉得那些走路不自信和协调性较差的人更容易成目标。

But there is a trade-off here: according to a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, removing discussions about race from the classroom could disadvantage some low-achieving pupils.

根据发表在“美国国家科学院院刊”上的一项研究，取消课堂上关于种族问题的讨论可能会使一些成绩较差的学生处于不利地位。

" We know people have delayed getting care for heart attacks and strokes, which can lead to poorer outcomes, " said Dr. Salim Virani, who chaired the committee that wrote up the AHA's statistical update, in a statement.

萨利姆·维拉尼博士是美国心脏协会统计更新委员会的主席，他在一份声明中说：“我们知道人们推迟了心脏病发作和中风的治疗，这可能会导致较差的结果。”。

" You're totally bound by what passport you have. You have to have a strong passport, " says Thompson, pointing out that weaker passports restrict the number of countries a person can travel to without a tourist visa.

“你完全受到自己护照的限制。你必须有一个强大的护照，” Thompson 指出，较差的护照会限制一个人无需旅游签证去旅行的国家数量。

Like people who specialize in researching the effectiveness of charities have found that sometimes there is a 100 times difference in effectiveness between a less effective charity and a more effective charity.

专门研究慈善机构有效性的人发现，有时一个效果较差的慈善机构和一个效果较好的慈善机构之间，其有效性差异可以达到 100 倍。

In humans, mercury can lead to neurological disorders. Children who are exposed to mercury during fetal development and childhood have a greater risk of poor performance on tests that measure attention, IQ, fine motor function and language.

对于人类来说，汞会导致神经系统紊乱。 在胎儿发育和童年时期接触过汞的儿童，在注意力、智商、精细运动功能和语言能力的测试上表现较差的风险更大。

A 2008 study showed that in kids with ADHD, moderate to severe sleep issues were associated with poorer outcomes, as well as causing problems for their family's day-to-day, like getting to work and school on time.

一项2008年的研究表明，在患有多动症的孩子中，中度到重度的睡眠问题会导致较差的结果，同时也会给他们的家庭日常生活带来麻烦，比如准时上班和上学。