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经济学人下载:超级计算 更深奥的思维

2014-01-09来源:Economist

1.thanks to 幸亏, 多亏

That is largely thanks to its impressive mobile-money revolution.
实在多亏了肯尼亚引人注目的手机钱包改革。

Pornographers are in bigger trouble, thanks to technology.
由于科技的作用,色情作品作者将陷入更大的麻烦。

2.bid for 出价,投标

Toronto will host the 2015 pan american games and is rumoured to be considering a bid for the 2024 summer olympics.
多伦多将主办2015年的泛美运动会,并有传言说正在考虑申办2024年夏季奥运会。

International oil companies routinely team up with state-owned national oil companies to bid for undeveloped assets.
国际石油公司通常会与国有的国家石油公司联合收购未开发资产。

3.available for 可用于

Chinese officials weren't immediately available for comment.
记者无法立即联系到中国官员置评。

None of this is readily available for real-world measurement.
这两者中没有一个是可以轻易地用于实际量测的。

4.compose of 由…构成

What kinds of colors do olympic flag and the five rings compose of?
奥运会会旗和和五环由哪几种颜色构成?

The compose of production cost, the dried tea output and income of different grades in alpine tea field were analysized in this paper, and the efficacious way of improving economic benefit was summarized.
通过对高山茶园茶叶生产成本构成、等级干茶产量收入的分析比较,总结出提高高山茶园经营效益的有效途径。