3. 趨勢(shì)平穩(wěn)
例：After falling sharply in the previous two years, the unemployment rate has
hardly moved since April. August unemployment stood at 8.2% and the annual pace
of weekly earnings slowed to
3.25%.
失業(yè)率在過(guò)去兩年急劇下降的情況下，四月份以來(lái)幾乎沒有變化。八月份的失業(yè)率保持在8.2％，而年均周收入增長(zhǎng)速度七月份降至3.25％。
例：The economic expansion will most likely continue at a modest pace, turning
into one of the longest ever in peacetime. But growth could slow to a
crawl.
經(jīng)濟(jì)增長(zhǎng)很可能以較小的幅度(適度)增長(zhǎng)，成為和平時(shí)期以來(lái)持續(xù)最長(zhǎng)的一次經(jīng)濟(jì)增長(zhǎng)。但此增長(zhǎng)速度可能會(huì)變得如爬行一般。
例：Measured against the currencies of the major industrial countries, the
dollar is likely to hover about where it is for several calendar quarters at
least.
用主要工業(yè)國(guó)家的度量衡量，至少在以后的幾個(gè)季度里，美元匯率可能在目前水平上徘徊。
二、西方經(jīng)貿(mào)報(bào)刊中常使用的比較手法
1. 一般比較
例：Foreign trade, however, remains at a negative. The July trade deficit
widened further to $11.56billion, from $$11.3billion in June. Imports fell 1.7%,
but exports dropped 2.3%. The trade gap began the third quarter wider than its
second-quarter
reading.
外貿(mào)處于負(fù)增長(zhǎng)。七月份的貿(mào)易赤字繼續(xù)擴(kuò)大，由六月份的113億美元上升至115億美元。進(jìn)口額下降了1.7％，但是出口也跌落了2.3％。第三季度貿(mào)易逆差比第二季度增大。
例：But if the budget cuts look credible - and if the economy is no peppier
than it is now - look for lower rates by year
end.
但如果預(yù)算削減成為可能--如果經(jīng)濟(jì)狀況與現(xiàn)在相比沒有轉(zhuǎn)機(jī)--年底可望利率下調(diào)。
2. 對(duì)比與變化程度的表達(dá)
例：Japan's exports of steel grew 1.4-fold, making it the largest exporter by a
considerable margin.
日本的鋼出口量增加1.4倍，使其一躍成為遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)超過(guò)其他國(guó)家的最大鋼出口國(guó)。
常用于描寫經(jīng)濟(jì)貿(mào)易情況變化程度的詞匯有：
big change / small change / marked(ly) /
fractional(ly) / great(ly) / marginal(ly) / considerable(ly) / slight(ly)
fast change / slow change ; quick(ly) / gradual(ly) ; sudden(ly) / slow(ly) ;
rapid(ly) / gentl(e)(ly)
三、西方經(jīng)貿(mào)報(bào)刊中有關(guān)"約估"概念的表達(dá)方式
例：Kengan stocks have risen nearly 135%, Chanian stocks are up about
70%.
Kengan股市上漲近135％，而Chanian股市上升約70％。
例：The State Bank of India (SBI) is the country's largest commercial bank
controlling around 25% of the total banking
business.
印度國(guó)家銀行為印度最大的商業(yè)銀行，控制全國(guó)近25％的銀行業(yè)務(wù)。
例：The company now spends approximately $1 billion to design a microprocessor
and then pours $1 billion into each plant that builds
it.
該公司現(xiàn)投資近10億美元設(shè)計(jì)一種微型處理器，然后再向每一家生產(chǎn)該產(chǎn)品的廠家投入10億美元。
描寫經(jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)展趨勢(shì)時(shí)常用的"約估"詞匯有：
表示遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)高于：far (over) above
表示略高于：just over, just above
表示左右：around, about, approximately, more or less
表示略低(高)：almost, nearly, just under, just above
（來(lái)源：競(jìng)學(xué)網(wǎng) 英語(yǔ)點(diǎn)津 Annabel 編輯）
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