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句子:央視調查結果顯示,2010年我國人民的幸福指數(shù)為44.7。
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誤譯:The result of a survey by CCTV shows that the people’s happiness quotient in our country was 44.7 in 2010.; f) L! |: x8 u% L$ i2 Z
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正譯:The result of a survey by CCTV shows that the people’s happiness index in our country was 44.7 in 2010.
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* q' D2 B/ @9 w6 y" \* z 解釋:quotient 的意思是 a number which is the result when one number is divided by another,是一個數(shù)被另一個數(shù)所除的結果,即“商數(shù)”或“商”,與“指數(shù)”是不同的概念?!靶腋V笖?shù)”應譯為 happiness index。例如:6 S R3 S' B; f/ G I
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1. 當6被2 除時,商是3。When six is divided by two, the quotient is three。+ V6 g! y! p% @; ~4 n
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“指數(shù)”的第一個意思是純數(shù)學概念,表示“一個數(shù)目自乘若干次的數(shù)字”。英語可以譯為 index, index number, exponent, power。例如:
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% E1 F3 p( P1 h7 T3 L 2. 指數(shù)是一個數(shù)學符號,表明一個數(shù)目自乘若干次的數(shù)字。 An exponent is a mathematical notation that implies the number of times a number is to be multiplied by itself。
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“指數(shù)”的第二個意思是經(jīng)濟學概念,表明“經(jīng)濟現(xiàn)象變動的程度”。英語可以譯為 index,其復數(shù)形式為 indexes或 indices。例如:3. 三月份中國經(jīng)濟繼續(xù)快速增長,而其通脹指數(shù)攀升至32個月的新高。# L2 U- A# l" I' Z
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China's economy continued its rapid expansion in March as the inflation index climbed to a 32-month high。$ j1 J: d4 H* m0 T
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4. 居民消費價格指數(shù),衡量通脹的主要依據(jù),在三月份同比增長5.4%。The consumer price index, a main gauge of inflation, rose by 5.4 percent year-on-year in March。/ p9 b, H* X% b9 z# C: t- i+ g# W$ @
# @5 ^4 z$ s I4 J1 d3 h 5. 在這個亞洲國家,工業(yè)生產指數(shù)自2005年一直在增長。The industrial production index has been rising since 2005 in this Asian country。$ G6 F* G! E* G3 b1 v. f9 _4 J& k* o
9 w9 M- B# o$ {0 y4 [1 ~ 6. 今天上午道瓊斯指數(shù)跌了15點。The Dow Jones index fell 15 points this morning。1 `8 z$ R, z" Z6 s$ r7 A
' T- S, \# Z- {8 I/ H" v 7. 在這個歐洲國家,就業(yè)指數(shù)在過去三個月里從48.4 降到 43.6。In this European country, employment index has fallen from 48.4 to 43.6 over the past three months.▲( |
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