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Japan has been in the midst of a fertility crisis for some time now.
日本在这段时间内一直处于生育危机之中x=76Iv&&xu。
Over just the last few years the country has had a population decline of 1 million people.
在过去的几年里，这个国家的人口减少了100万人,IQ9S3E@pOjT9dC8p。
With young workers spending 12-16 hour days at the office there just isn't time for relationships or children.
年轻人每天要工作12到16个小时，因而没有时间谈恋爱，更没时间生孩子z^rT(%Z9r|。

And for the elderly who are living longer, it can mean crushing loneliness.
而老年人寿命越来越长，这对他们可能意味着极度的孤独g(@YZz~BiqM。
Demographic experts have said that Japan needs a fertility rate of 2.2 children to keep a population steady,
人口专家表示，日本需要2.2的生育率来保持人口数稳定，
their rate currently is at just 1.41. Some economists have described the situation in Japan as a "demographic time bomb."
而目前的生育率仅为1.411,F=il]7@!mO。一些经济学家将日本的情况描述为“人口定时炸弹”7&^RVMDRvM;^*-Y;v8,i。

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词语解释

1. fertility rate 生育率
例句："The fertility rate will naturally go down with a better economy and a greater passion for education," Liang said.
“经济状况好转，热衷教育，生育率会自然下降，”梁中堂说y7h^BgINe]%0ZD8u0。

2.time bomb 定时炸弹
例句：It is a ticking time bomb for the federal budget.
对于联邦预算而言，过高的医疗费用就像一枚定时炸弹=uOr8Zt7_5C7,B_i^w3。