Dec 23, 2008 03:05
15 yrs ago
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Context is 美国联储局大手减息.
Does it mean something like "largely" or "greatly"? TIA!
Context is 美国联储局大手减息.
Does it mean something like "largely" or "greatly"? TIA!
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +1 | big interest rate cut |
Bill
|
| 4 | drastic |
QUOI
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| 4 | by a wide margin |
William Lee (@Li Zhiqiang)
|
| 3 | exorbitantly |
Wing-Sze Ho
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Proposed translations
+1
1 day 21 hrs
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4 hrs
drastic
Fed's drastic rate cut...
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11 hrs
William Lee (@Li Zhiqiang)
Singapore
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by a wide margin
The Fed cut interest rates by a wide margin.
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21 hrs
Wing-Sze Ho
United States
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exorbitantly
大手 seems to insinuate 'excess' or 'costly':
Examples in other usages are: 大手大腳, which means to spend extravagantly;
and 窮大手, which means to spend extravagantly, although poor.
I would suggest exorbitant, because it ultimately ties in to the idea that it was "too much, and likely will be too costly"
Examples in other usages are: 大手大腳, which means to spend extravagantly;
and 窮大手, which means to spend extravagantly, although poor.
I would suggest exorbitant, because it ultimately ties in to the idea that it was "too much, and likely will be too costly"
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