3. 趨勢平穩
例：After falling sharply in the previous two years, the unemployment rate has
hardly moved since April. August unemployment stood at 8.2% and the annual pace
of weekly earnings slowed to
3.25%.
失業率在過去兩年急劇下降的情況下，四月份以來幾乎沒有變化。八月份的失業率保持在8.2％，而年均周收入增長速度七月份降至3.25％。
例：The economic expansion will most likely continue at a modest pace, turning
into one of the longest ever in peacetime. But growth could slow to a
crawl.
經濟增長很可能以較小的幅度(適度)增長，成為和平時期以來持續最長的一次經濟增長。但此增長速度可能會變得如爬行一般。
例：Measured against the currencies of the major industrial countries, the
dollar is likely to hover about where it is for several calendar quarters at
least.
用主要工業國家的度量衡量，至少在以后的幾個季度里，美元匯率可能在目前水平上徘徊。
二、西方經貿報刊中常使用的比較手法
1. 一般比較
例：Foreign trade, however, remains at a negative. The July trade deficit
widened further to $11.56billion, from $$11.3billion in June. Imports fell 1.7%,
but exports dropped 2.3%. The trade gap began the third quarter wider than its
second-quarter
reading.
外貿處于負增長。七月份的貿易赤字繼續擴大，由六月份的113億美元上升至115億美元。進口額下降了1.7％，但是出口也跌落了2.3％。第三季度貿易逆差比第二季度增大。
例：But if the budget cuts look credible - and if the economy is no peppier
than it is now - look for lower rates by year
end.
但如果預算削減成為可能--如果經濟狀況與現在相比沒有轉機--年底可望利率下調。
2. 對比與變化程度的表達
例：Japan's exports of steel grew 1.4-fold, making it the largest exporter by a
considerable margin.
日本的鋼出口量增加1.4倍，使其一躍成為遠遠超過其他國家的最大鋼出口國。
常用于描寫經濟貿易情況變化程度的詞匯有：
big change / small change / marked(ly) /
fractional(ly) / great(ly) / marginal(ly) / considerable(ly) / slight(ly)
fast change / slow change ; quick(ly) / gradual(ly) ; sudden(ly) / slow(ly) ;
rapid(ly) / gentl(e)(ly)
三、西方經貿報刊中有關"約估"概念的表達方式
例：Kengan stocks have risen nearly 135%, Chanian stocks are up about
70%.
Kengan股市上漲近135％，而Chanian股市上升約70％。
例：The State Bank of India (SBI) is the country's largest commercial bank
controlling around 25% of the total banking
business.
印度國家銀行為印度最大的商業銀行，控制全國近25％的銀行業務。
例：The company now spends approximately $1 billion to design a microprocessor
and then pours $1 billion into each plant that builds
it.
該公司現投資近10億美元設計一種微型處理器，然后再向每一家生產該產品的廠家投入10億美元。
描寫經濟發展趨勢時常用的"約估"詞匯有：
表示遠遠高于：far (over) above
表示略高于：just over, just above
表示左右：around, about, approximately, more or less
表示略低(高)：almost, nearly, just under, just above
（來源：競學網 英語點津 Annabel 編輯）
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