rates n. 比率;价格;等级(rate的复数形式)
v. 给…估价;评估;认为,看做(rate的第三人称单数形式)
- Along with adolescents, they have the highest rates of abortion.
和青少年比,她们有最高的人工流产率。 - In China, the central bank hiked interest rates on Wednesday to curb accelerating inflation and slow growth in money supply and credit.
在中国,为抑制通货膨胀加速和过慢的货币供应和信贷,中央银行在星期三提高存款利率。 - Whether the central bank should be doing this, and whether it actually can influence exchange rates in the face of market forces, are matters of some contention.
中心银行是否应当采取这样的行动,以及它在面对市场力量时是否真能对汇率发挥影响,是需要继续讨论的问题。
rates[ noun ]
a local tax on property (usually used in the plural)
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