中国央行降低存款准备金率

compare to与…相比
例句：The writer was compared to Shakespeare.
把这个作家与莎士比亚进行了比较。

2. Lian Ping, chief economist at the Bank of Communications, says the current liquidity restrictions are too tight for banks to survive, let alone those industries that count on their loans to keep production going.

let alone更不用说, 还不算
例句：We can't afford a bicycle, let alone a car.
我们连自行车也买不起, 更不用说汽车了。
count on依赖, 依靠
例句：They counted on foreign investment to stimulate their economy.
他们想依靠外国投资来刺激他们的经济。

3. Many industries are expecting the precious lifeline to flow into their sector.

flow into流入
例句：The Yellow River flows into the Bohai Sea.
黄河流入渤海。

4. I feel things are turning around now.

turn around (使)好转
例句：Do you think our housing sales will turn around during this year?
你认为今年我们的住宅销路会好转吗?

5. I guess it can be read as a signal that the central bank is easing up the liquidity squeeze to prevent the housing industry from a hard-landing.

ease up减轻; 放松; 缓和
例句：The situation should ease up now that the two countries are prepared to talk.
既然两国都准备谈判，形势就该缓和些了。
prevent from阻止, 防止
例句：His prompt action prevented the fire from spreading.
他的果断行动制止了火势的蔓延。

6. It may sound reasonable, but such argument runs counter to the government's resolve.

run counter违反，违背
例句：Your suggestions run counter to what we arranged yesterday.
你的建议和我们昨天已作好的安排相抵触。

7. With the economic conference earlier this year, the central government has been continuously stressing that the property market needs to cool off.

cool off放慢(或减少)…的增长
例句：The government wants to cool off the economy.
政府想放慢经济发展速度。

8. But what is certain is that the relaxation of the liquidity standards came amid anxious anticipation and is to be followed by a string of cuts for other sources of liquidity such as the trade surplus and foreign direct investments shrink due to the sluggish overseas markets.

due to由于，因为
例句：Due to the extreme cold, we were unable to plant the trees.
由于天气很冷, 所以我们无法去植树。