A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
经济
Economy
Economically considered, war and revolution are always bad business.
从经济上考虑,战争和革命总是坏事。
The dollar is currently the principal reserve currency in the world.
美元目前是世界上主要的储备货币。
We see ourselves as first helping to open up markets to competition.
我们认为自己首先帮助向竞争开放市场。
I think that a lot of companies are still amazingly price sensitive.
我认为很多公司仍然对价格非常敏感。
Nowadays, business is all about productivity - and our folks produce.
如今,商业的核心是生产力——而我们的员工负责生产。
Economics is extremely useful as a form of employment for economists.
经济学作为经济学家就业的一种形式是非常有用的。
There is never enough gold to redeem all the currency in circulation.
没有足够的黄金来兑换流通中的所有货币。
If you want to rear financial blessings, you have to sow financially.
如果你想在经济上得到恩惠,你必须在经济上播种。
I don't give a damn about the stock market. But I do care about jobs.
我对股市一点也不在乎。但我确实关心工作。
A billion here, a billion there. Pretty soon it runs into real money.
这里十亿,那里十亿。很快它就变成了真正的钱。
I don't miss the economic insecurity, the living paycheck to paycheck.
我不怀念经济上的不安全感,不怀念靠工资生活的日子。
To try to correct imbalances with trade restrictions is a grave error.
试图用贸易限制来纠正失衡是一个严重的错误。
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沿着这个主题,再读几句。
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。
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。
Economic growth and environmental protection are not at odds. They're opposite sides of the same coin if you're looking at longer-term prosperity.
经济增长和环境保护并不矛盾。如果你着眼于长期的繁荣,它们是同一枚硬币的两面。
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。
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。
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。