This is another reason to expect inflation to edge lower over the next year.

这是预期通货膨胀率会在明年继续走的的另一个原因。

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In many semiarid areas there is also a lower timberline where the forest passes into steppe or desert at its lower edge, usually because of a lack of moisture.

在许多半干旱的地区中，同样存在树带界限的下限区域；在这片区域之内，由于缺乏水分，森林下沿区域的植被通常会逐渐变成干草原或沙漠。

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In general, the ability to gain a competitive edge — to increase speed and decrease costs — by leveraging skilled but lower-cost resources, experienced outsourcers, and overlapping time zones.

一般来说，能够利用有技能但成本较低的人力资源、有经验的外包人员，及重叠时区来获得竞争力——增加速度和减少成本。

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Oil giant BP saw profits edge lower in the first three months of the year.

BBC: BP's profits edge lower but beat forecasts

This is another reason to expect inflation to edge lower over the next year.

ECONOMIST: American interest rates

ATHENS, Greece (AP) Greece's recession-wracked economy should start recovering next year and its sky-high unemployment rate should edge lower from the end of 2014, the finance minister said in an interview broadcast Thursday.

NPR: Greece: Economic Recovery In Sight