16-03-29 China has launched a new pricing system for fuel which sets up a price floor and ceiling. Under the system, the price floor is at 40 U.S. dollars a barrel and the price ceiling at 130 dollars. 中国公布了新的油价机制,设定了40美元/桶的地板价和130美元...
16-03-10 When life was very hard, a farmer said to a barber: Now corn's lower in price. I think you should shave for half price. I can't, sir, said the barber, I really should charge more because when corn's cheap, farmers are unhappy and worried. All of the...
16-02-23 The International Energy Agency has warned consumers that global oil prices will remain low in the short time. 国际能源署警告消费者,全球油价短期内将持续走低。 In a newly-released report, IEA said it expected oil prices to start picking up in 2017....
16-02-04 elevator 升降电梯 men's clothing department 男装部 mannequin 人体模特 fitting room 试衣间 display counter 陈列柜 women's clothing department 女装部 price tag 价标 cosmetics department 化妆品专柜 salesclerk 销售员 department store 百货商店 informatio...
16-01-30 A celebrated photographer has sold a picture of an Irish potato for 1m. 著名摄影师的一张土豆照竟能以100万欧元(约合714万元人民币)的价钱卖出。 Kevin Abosch, 46, confirmed he had sold the photograph of an organic potato shot on a black background to...
16-01-05 Apple has raised its prices for its devices in Germany. 苹果提高了其产品在德国的定价。 The price hike comes after several tech companies reached a deal with their content producers. Apple says the price increase for the iPhones and iPads is linked t...
15-12-02 Your choice of running shoe is a very personal decision. You've got to balance how well they protect your feet and legs with how they fit, how heavy they are and, yes, even how they look. 选择跑鞋是个私人决定。你要平衡鞋子对脚的保护,和裤子是不是搭...
15-11-18 Kitchen-sink is a verb, referring to announcing all of a company's bad financial news at one time. Kitchen-sink是个动词,指将某公司负面的财务信息一次性全部公布出来。 This word is based on the idiom everything but the kitchen sink, which hails from W...
15-09-24 Mainland bourses are contemplating the introduction of a circuit-breaker mechanism to arrest abnormal price swings on capital markets. 国内证交所正考虑引入熔断机制,以防范资本市场发生非正常价格波动。 什么是指数熔断机制? The circuit-breaker mechanis...
15-09-10 The district government in Tianjin's Binhai New Area has set a repurchase price for homes damaged in last month's deadly blasts at the Port of Tianjin. 天津市滨海新区政府对上个月天津港爆炸案中受损的房屋制定了回购价格。 Homes damaged in the massive b...