1.interest rates 利率
例句:High interest rates have stunted economic growth.
高利率已经阻碍了经济的增长。
2.picked up 捡起;收拾
例句:I picked up the phone book and glanced through it.
我拿起电话簿,匆匆扫了一遍。
3.Wage growth 工资增长
例句:Wage growth is moderate everywhere, in spite of tight labour markets.
尽管劳动力市场供应紧张,但全球各国的工资增长颇为温和。
4.in order to 为了
例句:In order to transform their environment, he drew up the project with painstaking accuracy.
为了改造环境,他苦心孤诣地制订了这个计划。