 如何表達“兩位數增長”？
[ 2006-07-03 13:40 ]
閱讀報刊雜志，我們經常會看到“XX實現兩位數增長”，很多人會問——如何表達“兩位數增長”？請看一段我國經濟將在2006年實現兩位數增長的相關報道。
The Chinese yuan will rise 2 to 8 percent annually in the next five years and the economy will score anotherdouble-digitgrowth in 2006, state media on Sunday cited a study as saying.
The report, released in April with little publicity, forecast a 10 percent expansion for the Chinese economy in 2006, maintaining the growth rate of the past three years. First-quarter economic output was up 10.2 percent on a year earlier.
報道中的double-digit就是“兩位數”，digit指“十個阿拉伯數字符號從0到9中的任意一個”，例如：The number 2001 contains four digits.（2001是個四位數。）由此，“兩位數增長”可以表示為a double-digit growth/ a double-digit increase/ to increase by double digits。
另外，順便提一下動詞score（實現），在這里它可用動詞achieve來替換，其相應的英文解釋是：to achieve a purpose, especially to make a surprising gain（實現目標，尤指取得令人驚奇的成果）。舉個例子，The Liberals have scored a dramatic victory in this election.（自由黨人在這次選舉中大獲全勝。）
(英語點津陳蓓編輯）
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