Timber owners have often produced lumber at a loss and survived these down cycles in demand.
木场主经常赔本生产木料，以便在需求低迷期挺过来。
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The reason for constructing the buildings from wood is probably that ideally proportioned straight and slender timber was available in large quantities in Scandinavia's vast pine forests.
用木材建造建筑的原因可能是，比例理想、笔直、纤细的木材在斯堪的纳维亚广阔的松林中大量存在。
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Huff raised it 2.7 meters off the ground on timber pilings—long, slender columns of wood anchored deep in the sand.