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The cityof Los Angeles is finally getting serious about retrofitting(翻修) thesoft wood frame apartment buildings and the weak concrete ones that are at riskof collapsing during a substantial earthquake.A concrete building withoutadequate steel reinforcement can crumble to the ground,as some did in the 1971Sylmar earthquake,killing dozens.
Thefirst step is to take a list of the 29,000 apartment buildings that were builtbefore 1978,when the building code was changed to require stronger wood frameand concrete buildings.The second step will be the analysis of those buildingsby structural experts to see if they should be retrofitted,which needs essentialprofessionalism.Then comes the stage to decide who pays for the work thatneeds to be done,Landlords?Renters?Taxpayers?The step posed the biggest obstacle to allparties involved.
ActuallyUnder L.A.'s rent control law,property owners can pass on 100% of the cost of‘essential’ retrofitting work to renters.Some favor this pass-through move,arguing that many mom-and-pop landlords of small buildings are as cash-strappedas one can imagine,if not more so.
这段话中最后一句,if not more so,如果不是更多的话,在上下文中怎么理解?怎么翻译?
The cityof Los Angeles is finally getting serious about retrofitting(翻修) thesoft wood frame apartment buildings and the weak concrete ones that are at riskof collapsing during a substantial earthquake.A concrete building withoutadequate steel reinforcement can crumble to the ground,as some did in the 1971Sylmar earthquake,killing dozens.
Thefirst step is to take a list of the 29,000 apartment buildings that were builtbefore 1978,when the building code was changed to require stronger wood frameand concrete buildings.The second step will be the analysis of those buildingsby structural experts to see if they should be retrofitted,which needs essentialprofessionalism.Then comes the stage to decide who pays for the work thatneeds to be done,Landlords?Renters?Taxpayers?The step posed the biggest obstacle to allparties involved.
ActuallyUnder L.A.'s rent control law,property owners can pass on 100% of the cost of‘essential’ retrofitting work to renters.Some favor this pass-through move,arguing that many mom-and-pop landlords of small buildings are as cash-strappedas one can imagine,if not more so.
这段话中最后一句,if not more so,如果不是更多的话,在上下文中怎么理解?怎么翻译?
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