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世行下调全球经济增长预期

2012-01-20来源:CRI
短语讲解:
1. The World Bank is warning that developing countries around the world should prepare for further downside risks to their economic growth as the eurozone debt crisis stalls consumption in developed economies.

prepare for (使)为…作准备
例句:We should prepare well for the negotiations.
我们应该为这次谈判做好准备。

2. Hans Timmer, Director of Development Prospects at the World Bank, points out the downside risks facing the year 2012.

point out指出
例句:He pointed out that there was little chance of success.
他指出很少有成功的机会。

3. Those risks are not only coming out of Europe.

come out of由…产生,从…出来
例句:His family has come out of poverty.
他家里已摆脱了贫穷。

4. If the downside risk occurred, because no matter if it's in the developed countries or developing countries, their fiscal space is much smaller than the situation in 2008.

no matter不管, 不论
例句:No matter what you say, I like to listen.
不管你说什么, 我都喜欢听。

5. The World Bank has lowered its forecast for the eurozone area to a contraction of 0.3 percent compared with a previous estimate of a 1.8-percent gain.

compare with与...相比
例句:I'm afraid my English compares poorly with hers.
恐怕我的英语同她的英语相比要差得多。