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Back then platforms such as Netflix, Amazon and Apple TV hemorrhaged billions of dollars to generate content to attract new subscribers, resulting in 633 scripted series being released that year.

当时，奈飞、亚马逊和苹果TV等平台砸下数十亿美元制作内容以吸引新订户，结果那一年推出了633部剧本类剧集。

Ever since taking on Netflix Inc. at its own game, old Hollywood has struggled to turn a profit in streaming, with the likes of Disney+, Peacock and Paramount+ losing billions of dollars each year, sparking concerns that the services will never be as profitable as cable once was.

自从在流媒体领域与奈飞公司正面交锋以来，老牌好莱坞一直难以在流媒体业务上盈利，Disney+、Peacock和Paramount+等平台每年亏损数十亿美元，引发了人们的担忧：这些服务永远不会像有线电视曾经那样赚钱。

Congress allocates only $3 billion a year to the national park system — an amount that has been flat since 2001 (in inflation-adjusted dollars) with the exception of a onetime boost in 2009 as part of the Obama stimulus package.

国会每年只给国家公园系统拨款30亿美元——这一数额（按经通胀调整后的美元计算）自2001年以来一直持平，只有2009年作为奥巴马经济刺激计划的一部分曾有过一次性增加。

And anything that raises GPAs will likely make students — who, at the end of the day, are paying the bill — feel they’ve gotten a better value for their tuition dollars, which is another big concern for colleges.

而任何能提高GPA的做法都可能让学生——他们毕竟是付钱的人——觉得自己交的学费更值，这是大学关心的另一件大事。

The Supreme Court’s opinion Thursday overruled a pair of decades-old decisions that states said cost them billions of dollars in lost revenue annually.

最高法院周四的意见推翻了两项已有数十年历史的判决，各州称这两项判决每年让它们损失数十亿美元的收入。

Though often viewed as a problem for western states, the growing frequency of wildfires is a national concern because of its impact on federal tax dollars, says Professor Max Moritz, a specialist in fire ecology and management.

火灾生态与管理专家马克斯·莫里茨教授说，尽管日益频繁的野火常被视为西部各州的问题，但由于它对联邦税款的影响，这已成为一个全国性的问题。