On the face of it, the M4 measure of broad money (cash and deposits) has been growing fast.

从表面上看，广义货币（现金和存款）衡量指标M4已处于快速增长中。

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He watched with a measure of sympathetic curiosity as the gangster's eyes scanned the room, absorbing the details: the broken door, the blood, his brother's disfigured face.

他带着半同情办好奇的心情，看着那家伙的眼睛打量着房间，注意到各种细节：破碎的门，还有血，以及他兄弟那张被打烂了的脸。

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The participants also wore face masks that enabled the researchers to measure their oxygen consumption.

参与者戴面罩(面罩上有测量装置)，研究员可以测量他们的氧气消耗量。

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All air travelers arriving asked in the United States now face some measure of increased scrutiny.

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Spitzer may also be looking to the evidence as a face-saving measure.

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Such a measure is more accurately described as a gentle tap on the body, but never on the face, making it more of a symbolic measure than a punitive one.

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On the face of it, the government measure of consumer prices, the CPI, is just mildly alarming with the government estimating prices to be rising at a 3.1 percent annual rate.

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