A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
经济
Economy
There is nothing an economist should fear so much as applause.
没有什么比掌声更让经济学家害怕的了。
I believe that we must understand the economy of the situation.
我认为我们必须了解经济形势。
Our first priority has to be getting our fiscal house in order.
我们的首要任务是整顿我们的财政状况。
The shock of unemployment becomes a pathology in its own right.
失业的冲击本身就成了一种病态。
The prices of all imports would rise if the dollar depreciates.
如果美元贬值，所有进口商品的价格都会上涨。
A strong economy begins with a strong, well-educated workforce.
一个强大的经济开始于一个强大的、受过良好教育的劳动力。
Economic issues are just as much moral issues as social issues.
经济问题和社会问题一样，都是道德问题。
We say, 'The market plummets,' like it's some roaring creature.
我们说，‘市场暴跌’，就像某种咆哮的动物。
We do not wish to open your ports to foreign trade all at once.
我们不希望你们的港口立即对外贸易开放。
Oil prices have certainly become a threat for the world economy.
油价无疑已成为世界经济的一大威胁。
It is clear that the economy has not gotten better for everyone.
很明显，经济并没有对每个人都好起来。
Reducing the tax burden is necessary to produce economic growth.
减少税收负担对经济增长是必要的。
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Don't ever let economic alone determine your career or how you spend the majority of your time.
永远不要让经济因素独自决定你的职业或你如何度过大部分时间。
We need to recognise that what really matters isn't buying more and more consumer goods, but family, friends, and knowing that we are doing something worthwhile with our lives. Helping to reduce the appalling consequences of world poverty should be part of that reassessment.
我们需要认识到，真正重要的不是购买越来越多的消费品，而是家人、朋友，以及知道我们在用生命做一些有价值的事情。帮助减少世界贫困的可怕后果应该是重新评估的一部分。
Infinite growth of material consumption in a finite world is an impossibility.
在有限的世界里，物质消费的无限增长是不可能的。
The economy is not an abstraction. The economy consists of people, and it will only grow if people feel secure and are reasonably free.
经济不是一个抽象概念。经济是由人组成的，只有当人们感到安全并享有合理的自由时，经济才会增长。
You might say that economic history is the history of people learning to manage risk.
你可能会说经济史是人们学习管理风险的历史。
The purpose of studying economics is not to acquire a set of ready-made answers to economic questions, but to learn how to avoid being deceived by economists.
学习经济学的目的不是为了获得一套现成的经济问题的答案，而是学习如何避免被经济学家所欺骗。