social, economic and political issues
社会、经济和政治问题
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economic growth/cooperation/development/reform
经济增长 / 合作 / 发展 / 改革
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the government's economic policy
政府的经济政策
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economic history
经济史
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the current economic climate
目前的经济形势
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...Poland's radical economic reforms...
波兰彻底的经济改革
The pace of economic growth is picking up.
经济增长的步伐正在加快。
The new system may be more economic but will lead to a decline in programme quality.
新系统可能更合算,但是会降低程序质量。
What do you like to do in your spare time?
空闲时你喜欢干什么?
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Economic conditions may lie responsible for the creation of social unrest.
经济状况可能是产生社会不安的根源.
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Experts regarded it as a warning signal of an economic smashup.
专家们把它看作是一场经济灾难的警告信号.
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The government has been bogged down deeper and deeper in political and economic crises.
政府在政治和经济危机中愈陷愈深.
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Europe's economic centre of gravity shifted northwards.
欧洲的经济重心向北移了.
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We laid out the economic guidelines and followed it.
我们制定了经济方针并且遵循它.
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The report on our economic situation is full of doom and gloom.
这份关于我们经济状况的报告充满了令人绝望和沮丧的调子.
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Economic factors determine the progress which a society can make.
经济因素是社会进步的决定因素.
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The doctrine of surplus value is the cornerstone of Marx's economic theory.
剩余价值学说是马克思经济理论的基石.
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Economic trends are running counter to the forecasts.
经济发展的趋势与预测的结果截然相反.
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Our country should accelerate the economic growth.
我国应加快经济增长.
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Investments turned down considerably during the economic crisis.
在经济危机中,投资大大减少了.
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The economic depression hits shipbuilding industry badly.
经济萧条使造船业蒙受严重损失.
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They began a process of economic deflation.
他们开始了一段经济紧缩的过程.
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Agriculture used to be the economic backbone of this country.
农业曾是这个国家的经济支柱.
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The present economic climate works against the smaller companies.
当前的经济气候对小公司不利.
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Remarkable economic results have been achieved.
取得了显著的经济效益.
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the government's abandonment of its new economic policy
政府对新经济政策的放弃
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
The continuing economic recession in the country.
出自-2017年6月阅读原文Is it possible to enjoy a peaceful life in a world that is increasingly challenged by threats and uncertainties from wars, terrorism, economic crises and a widespread outbreak of infectious diseases? The answer is yes, according to a new book The 10 Golden Rules: Ancient Wisdom from the Greek Philosophers on Living a Good Life.
出自-2016年6月阅读原文For many years I have studied global agricultural, population, environmental and economic trends and their interactions.
出自-2016年6月阅读原文And based on past experiences, it takes four to five years after economic recovery for unemployment to return to pre-crisis levels.
出自-2016年6月听力原文The impact of cheap oil on global economic growth.
出自-2016年12月阅读原文Sara Johnson acknowledges that the global economic benefit from a fall in oil prices today is likely lower than it was in the past.
出自-2016年12月阅读原文Oil prices may rise or fall but economic laws are not subject to change.
出自-2016年12月阅读原文Its effects on the global economy go against existing economic laws.
出自-2016年12月阅读原文It is one that has seen no parallel in economic history.
出自-2016年12月阅读原文But doesn't the extra money in the pockets of those countries' consumers mean an equal loss in oil-producing countries, cancelling out the gains? Not necessarily, says economic researcher Sara Johnson.
出自-2016年12月阅读原文Although economic research and previous survey findings have shown that career interruptions related to motherhood may make it harder for women to advance in their careers and compete for top executive jobs, relatively few adults in the recent survey poin
2019年6月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section CAnd given the weak job opportunities facing young adults, living at home was part of the private safety net helping young adults to weather the economic storm.
2019年6月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section BAs my colleague Vann Newkirk reported, Puerto rico is still confronting economic and structural destruction and resource scarcity from 2017's Hurricane Maria.
2019年12月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section BBanks and car manufacturers are glad for the extra business in tough economic times.
2015年12月四级真题(第一套)听力 Section AEconomic factors seem to explain less of why young adult women are increasingly likely to live at home.
2019年6月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section BIs it possible to enjoy a peaceful life in a world that is increasingly challenged by threats and uncertainties from wars, terrorism, economic crises and a widespread outbreak of infectious diseases?
2016年6月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section BOne reason for these decreases in height is the economic situation in the 1980s, said Alexander Moradi of University of Sussex.
2019年6月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section CThere needs to be strong economic incentives.
2019年12月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section BThe trend of social and economic development.
出自-2017年6月阅读原文It is a direct result of the global economic recession.
出自-2017年6月阅读原文Economic reasoning shows that the least expensive way for each country is to put a price on carbon emissions.
出自-2017年6月阅读原文While the practice carries serious health risks for many, those dangers are outweighed by the social and economic gains for poor urban farmers and consumers who need affordable food.
出自-2016年6月阅读原文Whether this is right, and if so where and when the ecological axe will fall, is hard to determine with any precision—which is why governments and financial institutions are only beginning to bring such risks into their economic calculations.
出自-2016年6月阅读原文Thoughts turn first to some sort of global statistic, some indicator which would rate the wealth of nations in both economic and environmental terms and show a relationship between the two.
出自-2016年6月阅读原文The protection and improvement of the human environment is a major issue which affects the well-being of peoples and economic development throughout the world, read the final declaration from this gathering, the first of a sequence which would lead to the Rio de Janeiro Earth Summit in 1992 and the World Development Summit in Johannesburg three years ago.
出自-2016年6月阅读原文The common theme of the UN reports is the relation between environmental protection and economic growth.
出自-2016年6月阅读原文So it is saying that economic development should make for a cleaner world? Not necessarily; In the industrialised countries, environmental problems are generally related to industrialisation and technological development, it continues.
出自-2016年6月阅读原文Poor countries will have to bear the cost for rich nations' economic development.
出自-2016年6月阅读原文It's simply not true that economic growth will surely make our world cleaner.
出自-2016年6月阅读原文It is not necessarily true that economic growth will make our world cleaner.
出自-2016年6月阅读原文It is also the reason why development agencies are not united in their view of environmental issues; while some, like the WRI, maintain that environmental progress needs to go hand-inhand with economic development, others argue that the priority is to build a thriving economy, and then use the wealth created to tackle environmental degradation.
出自-2016年6月阅读原文If our economies are to flourish, if global poverty is to be eliminated and if the well-being of the world's people enhanced—not just in this generation but in succeeding generations—we must make sure we take care of the natural environment and resources on which our economic activity depends.
出自-2016年6月阅读原文Hunt through the reports prepared by UN agencies and development groups—many for conferences such as this year's Millennium Goals review—and you will find that the linkage between environmental protection and economic progress is a common thread.
出自-2016年6月阅读原文Examples show that both rich and poor countries exploited the environment for economic progress.
出自-2016年6月阅读原文Development agencies disagree regarding how to tackle environment issues while ensuring economic progress.
出自-2016年6月阅读原文But could Norway keep its standard of living and yet cut its emissions to Moroccan or even Ethiopian levels? That question, repeated across a dozen environmental issues and across our diverse planet, is what will ultimately determine whether the human race is living beyond its ecological means as it pursues economic revival.
出自-2016年6月阅读原文But Pay Drechsel, an environmental scientist, argues that the social and economic benefits of using untreated human waste to grow food outweigh the health risks.
出自-2016年6月阅读原文These catastrophic events caused more than 1.5 trillion dollars in economic losses.
出自-2016年6月听力原文The report warnsthe picture on wages is likely to get worse this year despite indications of an economic rebound.
出自-2016年6月听力原文Now Fred, you went to university in Canada? A recent International Labour Organization report says the deterioration of real wages around the world calls into question the true extent of an economic recovery, especially if government rescue packages are phased out too early.
出自-2016年6月听力原文have placed religious beliefs above party politicshave bridged the gap between the rich and the pooroffer poor children more chances to climb the social laddersuffer from higher levels of racial and economic segregationFamily structure.
出自-2015年12月阅读原文Traditionally, guidelines have heavily influenced the practice of medicine, and the latest ones are expected to make doctors more conscious of the economic consequences of their decisions, even though there's no obligation to follow them.
出自-2015年12月阅读原文So what factors, at the community level, do predict if poor children will move up the economic ladder as adults? What explains, for instance, why the Salt Lake City metro area is one of the 100 largest metropolitan areas most likely to lift the fortunes of the poor and the Atlanta metro area is one of the least likely?Harvard economist Raj Chetty has pointed to economic and racial segregation, community density, the size of a community's middle class, the quality of schools, community religiosity, and family structure, which he calls the single strongest correlate of upward mobility.
出自-2015年12月阅读原文It is not a reliable indicator of economic mobility.
出自-2015年12月阅读原文Inequality itself is not a particularly strong predictor of economic mobility, as sociologist Scott Winship noted in a recent article based on his analysis of this data.
出自-2015年12月阅读原文Economic inequality is the defining challenge of our time.
出自-2015年12月阅读原文Chetty finds that communities like Salt Lake City, with high levels of two-parent families and religiosity, are much more likely to see poor children get ahead than communities like Atlanta, with high levels of racial and economic segregation.
出自-2015年12月阅读原文By far the biggest type of momentum that comes into play when it comes to changing our energy systems is economic momentum.
出自-2015年12月阅读原文A number of prominent economists have also argued that it's harder for the poor to climb the economic ladder today because the rungs(横档) in that ladder have grown farther apart.
出自-2015年12月阅读原文"The protection and improvement of the human environment is a major issue which affects the well-being of peoples and economic development throughout the world," read the final declaration from this gathering, the first of a sequence which would lead to t
2016年6月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section BA number of prominent economists have also argued that it's harder for the poor to climb the economic ladder today because the rungs (横档) in that ladder have grown farther apart.
2015年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section CA recent International Labour Organization report says the deterioration of real wages around the world calls into question the true extent of an economic recovery, especially if government rescue packages are phased out too early.
2016年6月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section BBecause of these differences, comparing France's consumption with the U.S.'s overstates the gap in economic welfare.
2018年6月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section CBut does a cashless society really make good economic sense?
2017年6月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section CChetty finds that communities like Salt Lake city, with high levels of two- parent families and religiosity, are much more likely to see poor children get ahead than communities like Atlanta, with high levels of racial and economic segregation.
2015年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section CData reveals that economic inequality rather than family income might affect people's well-being.
2019年12月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section BEconomic inequality is the "defining challenge of our time".
2015年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section CHarvard economist Raj Chetty has pointed to economic and racial segregation, community density, the size of a community's middle class, the quality of schools, community religiosity, and family structure, which he calls the "single strongest correlate of
2015年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section CHowever, that comparison omits other relevant factors: leisure time, life expectancy, and economic inequality.
2018年6月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section CHunt through the reports prepared by UN agencies and development groups—many for conferences such as this year's millennium Goals review—and you will find that the linkage between environmental protection and economic progress is a common thread.
2016年6月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section BIn both good times and bad, turnover creates more openings than economic growth does.
2015年12月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section CIn the 1960s, the United States devoted nearly 17% of discretionary spending to research and development, reaping decades of economic growth.
2016年12月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section AIn the last few decades of the 20th century, living standards went up and economic depressions were largely averted in the US.
2019年12月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section BInequality itself is not a particularly strong predictor of economic mobility, as sociologist Scott winship noted in a recent article based on his analysis of this data.
2015年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section CInternational Labour Organization economists say some nations have come up with policies to lessen the impact of lower wages during the economic crisis.
2016年6月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section BIt is also the reason why development agencies are not united in their view of environmental issues; while some, like the Wri, maintain that environmental progress needs to go hand-in-hand with economic development, others argue that the priority is to bu
2016年6月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section BIt reflected the fact that these decades saw a climb in general standards of living and avoidance of mass societal traumas like foil-scale war or economic deprivation.
2019年12月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section BLove, who is director of Weather and disaster risk Reduction at the World Meteorological Organization, says most of the deaths and economic losses were caused by weather, climate, or water-related extremes.
2016年6月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section CMethodologically, the lesson from the Jones-Klenow research is that economic welfare is multi-dimensional.
2018年6月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section CMoreover, it can be used to assess economic performance both across countries and over time.
2018年6月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section COver the last 50 years, economic losses have increased by a factor of 50.
2016年6月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section CSo it is saying that economic development should make for a cleaner world?
2016年6月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section BSo what factors, at the community level, do predict if poor children will move up the economic ladder as adults?
2015年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section CSuch difficult economic times may leave many adolescents confused about their roles in society.
2016年6月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section AThat question, repeated across a dozen environmental issues and across our diverse planet, is what will ultimately determine whether the human race is living beyond its ecological means as it pursues economic revival.
2016年6月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section BThat's the highest percentage of an exclusive economic zone devoted to marine conservation by any country in the world.
2017年12月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section AThe dataset they used did not include economic data, so instead the researchers looked at whether the 2013-16 well-being decline was tracking economic indicators.
2019年12月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section BThe report warns the picture on wages is likely to get worse this year despite indications of an economic rebound.
2016年6月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section BThey found some evidence that some crude measures, like income inequality, correlated with changes in well-being, but economic measures with a more direct impact, like family income and unemployment rates which put families into difficulties, had no relat
2019年12月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section BWhile thinking about the question, we came across a recently published article by Charles Jones and Peter Klenow, which proposes an interesting new measure of economic welfare.
2018年6月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section CArts as an economic driverour communities benefit from arts in terms of economy.
2018年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 填空题 原文As a result it's likely to see a rise in the size of its working-age population and to witness strong economic growth over the longer term.
2017年高考英语江苏卷 任务型阅读 原文But those who truly understand the economic impact and can work to change the patterns can create a wide range of career possibilities.
2018年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 填空题 原文Delayed reward may be expected from news of public affairs, economic matters, social problems, science, education, and health.
2015年高考英语江苏卷 任务型阅读 原文Economic policies should follow technological trends.
2019年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读C 选项In the north of india, the population is booming due to high birth rates, but in the south, where most economic development is taking place, birth rate is falling rapidly.
2017年高考英语江苏卷 任务型阅读 原文Investment in arts could produce potential positive economic results.
2018年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 填空题 原文No doubt the theater has contributed to the area's development and economic growth.
2018年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 填空题 原文Rapid economic development threatens animal habitats.
2019年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读C 选项Russia is another country with population problems that could break its economic promise.
2017年高考英语江苏卷 任务型阅读 原文Second, if other factors such as technology remain constant, economic growth and material expectations will fall well below recent standards and this could invite trouble.
2017年高考英语江苏卷 任务型阅读 原文The arts are efficient economic drivers and when they are supported, the entire small-business community benefits.
2018年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 填空题 原文The death of Russians may result in a shrinking population, which would damage its economic future.
2017年高考英语江苏卷 任务型阅读 题设The economic impact of the arts is often overlooked and badly judged.
2018年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 填空题 原文The researchers also found that IQ and family social and economic class made no real difference in how the boys turned out.
2016年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文The university started some new language programs to cater for the country's Silk Road economic belt.
2015年高考英语江苏卷 单项填空 原文The values of artistic works, according to cultural relativism, are simply reflections of local social and economic conditions.
2015年高考英语重庆卷 阅读理解 阅读E 原文To guarantee its economic growth, China needs to deal with the population issue properly, as its workers are getting.
2017年高考英语江苏卷 任务型阅读 题设Understanding technological trends is very important for correctly designing economic policies, both at the national and the international levels, and for making the right career choices at the individual level.
2019年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文sexual confusion, economic frustrations , and religious hope-all name together in a decisive moment when he opened the Bible, told his father the first line he saw would settle his fate, and read the magical words:.
出自-2009年考研阅读原文What is the real relationship between education and economic development? We have to suspect that continuing economic growth promotes the development of education even when governments don’t force it.
出自-2009年考研阅读原文We are fortunate that is it, because new educational systems there and putting enough people through them to improve economic performance would require two or three generations.
出自-2009年考研阅读原文This increasingly high level of education is probably a necessary, but not a sufficient, condition for the complex political systems required by advanced economic performance.
出自-2009年考研阅读原文The relationship between formal education and economic growth in poor countries is widely misunderstood by economists and politicians alike.
出自-2009年考研阅读原文Progress in both area is undoubtedly necessary for the social, political and intellectual development of these and all other societies; however, the conventional view that education should be one of the very highest priorities for promoting rapid economic development in poor countries is wrong.
出自-2009年考研阅读原文When one of these noneconomic categories is threatened and, if we happen to love it, we invent excuses to give it economic importance.
出自-2010年考研翻译原文We have no land ethic yet, but we have at least drawn nearer the point of admitting that birds should continue as a matter of intrinsic right,regardless of the presence or absence of economic advantage to us.
出自-2010年考研翻译原文To sum up: a system of conservation based solely on economic self-interest is hopelessly lopsided It tends to ignore, and thus eventually to eliminate, many elements in the land community that lack commercial value, but that are essential to its healthy functioning.
出自-2010年考研翻译原文The evidence had to be economic in order to be valid.
出自-2010年考研翻译原文One basic weakness in a conservation system based wholly on economic motives is that most members of the land community have no economic value.
出自-2010年考研翻译原文It assumes, falsely, I think, that the economic parts of the biotic clock will function without the uneconomic parts.
出自-2010年考研翻译原文Here again, evidence had to be economic in order to be valid.
出自-2010年考研翻译原文Social scientists who complain about a lack of funding should not expect more in today’s economic climate.
出自-2013年考研阅读原文During the decade before the economic crisis, spending on legal services in America grew twice as fast as inflation.
出自-2014年考研阅读原文David Graddol concludes that monoglot English graduates face a bleak economic future as qualified multilingual youngsters from other countries are proving to have a competitive advantage over their British counterparts in global companies and organizations.
出自-2017年考研翻译原文Complex international, economic, technological and culture change could start to diminish the leading position of English as the language of the world market, and UK interests which enjoy advantage from the breath of English usage would consequently face new pressures.
出自-2017年考研翻译原文Yes , there has been a budding economic recovery since the 2008 global crash , but in key indicators in areas such as health and education , major economies have continued to decline.
出自-2017年考研阅读原文So, what Kennedy was referring to was that while GDP has been the most common method for measuring the economic activity of nations , as a measure , it is no longer enough.
出自-2017年考研阅读原文If everything was going so well, then why did over 17 million people vote for Brexit, despite the warnings about what it could do to their country’s economic prospects?.
出自-2017年考研阅读原文And it should: Wasted time is a drag on Americans’ economic and private lives, not to mention infuriating.
出自-2017年考研阅读原文Across the 163 countries measured, the UK is one of the poorest performers in ensuring that economic growth is translated into meaningful improvements for its citizens.
出自-2017年考研阅读原文"Each year the physical presence rule becomes further removed from economic reality and results in significant revenue losses to the States," he wrote in an opinion joined by four other justices.
2020年考研真题(英语一)翻译 Section ⅢA "southern"camp headed by French wants something different: "European economic government" within an inner core of euro-zone members.
2011年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section ⅡAccording to the career counselors and expert who study them, Generation Zs are clear-eyed, economic pragmatists.
2020年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section ⅡAnd it should: Wasted time is a drag on Americans' economic and private lives, not to mention infuriating.
2017年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section ⅡAs such, it needed to appreciate the economic realities, the social contexts and power relations in which each epoch stood.
2012年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section ⅡAs well as those chronic problems, the EU face an acute crisis in its economic core, the 16 countries that use the single currency.
2011年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section ⅡBut to win over these young workers, manufacturers have to clear another major hurdle: parents, who lived through the worst US economic downturn since the Great Depression, telling them to avoid the factory.
2017年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section ⅡDespite graduating into the best economy in the past 50 years, Gen Zs know what an economic train wreck looks like.
2020年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section ⅡEconomic condition was only a stimulus for the trend toward efficient living.
2011年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section ⅡFully 87% of their revenues came from advertising in 2008, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development .
2011年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section ⅡIf everything was going so well, then why did over 17 million people vote for Brexit, despite the warnings about what it could do to their country's economic prospects?
2017年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section ⅡIn response to these many unilateral measures, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development OECD is currently working with 131 countries to reach a consensus by the end of 2020 on an international solution.
2020年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section ⅡIndeed, this period of economic weakness may reinforce class divides, and decrease opportunities to cross them—especially for young people.
2012年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section ⅡIt insists that economic co-ordination should involve all 27 members of the EU club, among whom there is a small majority for free-market liberalism and economic rigour; in the inner core alone, Germany fears, a small majority favour French interference.
2011年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section ⅡManufacturing is not the economic engine that it once was.
2018年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section ⅡNo one tries harder than the jobless to find silver linings in this national economic disaster.
2012年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section ⅡPresident Trump has underlined fossil fuels – especially coal – as the path to economic growth.
2018年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section ⅡProgress in both areas is undoubtedly necessary for the social, political and intellectual development of these and all other societies; however, the conventional view that education should be one of the very highest priorities for promoting rapid economi
2009年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section ⅡSo what Kennedy was referring to was that while GDP has been the most common method for measuring the economic activity of nations, as a measure, it is no longer enough.
2017年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section ⅡSocial scientists who complain about a lack of funding should not expect more in today's economic climate.
2013年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section ⅡThe concept of man versus machine is at least as old as the industrial revolution, but this phenomenon tends to be most acutely felt during economic downturns and fragile recoveries.
2014年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section ⅡThese have included Britain's DPT diverted profits tax, Australia's MAAL multinational anti-avoidance law, and India's SEP significant economic presence test, to name but a few.
2020年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section ⅡWe are fortunate that is it, because building new educational systems there and putting enough people through them to improve economic performance would require two or three generations.
2009年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section ⅡWe have not been good at communicating the real value that housing can contribute to economic growth.
2014年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section ⅡWe have to suspect that continuing economic growth promotes the development of education even when governments don't force it.
2009年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ"economic growth"
"aspects of social, political, and economical life"
"economic theory"
"he wrote the book primarily for economic reasons"
"gave up the large house for economic reasons"
"in economic terms they are very privileged"
"it was no longer economic to keep the factory open"
"have to keep prices high enough to make it economic to continue the service"
"an economic use of home heating oil"
"a modern economical heating system"
"an economical use of her time"