The region has also been hit hard by cutbacks in defence spending, which has left thousands out of work.

该地区也深受造成数千人失业的国防开支缩减的打击。

Most economies in the region are heavily dependent on export income and have been hard hit by the slump in the United States and Europe, which has cut export sales.

这个地区大部分经济体都严重依赖出口收入，美国和欧洲的经济滑坡对它们影响很大，迫使它们削减了出口。

South Asia and the Middle East and North Africa have escaped the worst effects of the crisis, while Sub-Saharan Africa has been hard hit, with the outlook for the region remaining uncertain.

南亚和中东北非地区幸免于危机最严重的影响，而撒哈拉以南非洲地区遭受重创，该地区的发展前景仍不明朗。

This will hit the region hard: MARTA serves around 500,000 people per day, 46% of whom say they would be unable to travel without it.

这将严重影响到该地区：MARTA每天为约50万人服务，46%的人表示没有了这些公交系统，他们将寸步难行。

This will hit the region hard: MARTA serves around 500, 000 people per day, 46% of whom say they would be unable to travel without it.

这将严重影响到该地区：MARTA每天为约50万人服务，46%的人表示没有了这些公交系统，他们将寸步难行。

Local factors do come into play, though: Communities on land that is sinking, as in the Chesapeake Bay region of the United States, are being hit especially hard by the rising sea level.

不过，其中也有局地因素在起作用：一些陆地区域正在下沉，比如在美国的切萨皮克湾地区，对于他们来说，海平面上升的打击尤为严重。

It's a region that's been hit hard by the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico as tourists sub stayed away in droves.

这个地区受到墨西哥湾石油泄漏的严重影响，游船成群结队地远远地停泊着。

The Canadian economy was hit hard by wildfires in its oil sands region, reducing its production.

加拿大油砂区森林火灾给该国经济带来了沉重的打击，并导致加拿大的石油产量有所下跌。

Severe shortage of rains is said to have hit hard the West Nile region, the firm's main tobacco leaf producer.

据该公司的主要烟叶生产商称，尼罗河地区雨量严重匮乏。

The authors obtain hard-hit areas according to the results. Finally we explained why the damage in the northern region is lighter than that in south.

进一步对影响地震破坏程度的断裂的活动性进行了探讨，依据分析结果得出了受灾严重区域，并解释了灾区北部受灾较南部轻的原因。