Worryingly, even colonies given the high dose may have got off lightly compared with their wild brethren.

令人忧心的是，即便受高剂量杀虫剂影响的蜂群可能要比它们在野外的同伴受到的危害低一些。

In the end the banks have got off lightly, says Michael Rafferty, an economist at RMIT University in Melbourne.

“最终银行会从轻判决，”墨尔本皇家墨尔本理工学院的迈克·拉弗蒂表示。

So far, many developed cities have got off lightly, but some rural parts of the world are suffering disproportionately.

到目前为止，许多发达城市的发展还算顺利，但世界上一些农村地区却承受着不成比例的苦难。