Their ratings of corporate debt may have held up well, but they were way off in structured securities, not a lot better in sovereign debt, and now their municipal-bond ratings, too, are under fire.

他们对公司债券的评级倒还好说，但是对于结构性债券就不那么上道了，主权债券也好不到哪儿去，而最近他们对于市政债券的评级又被口诛笔伐。

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PolitiFact, an outfit that assesses the accuracy of controversial statements made by politicians, has awarded Mrs Bachmann 11 “false” ratings and seven “pants on fire” to just one “true”.

PolitiFact是一家评定政客之争议性言论精确与否的机构，据其统计，米歇尔犯了11次违背事实之错，7次违背事实且荒唐可笑之错，而仅有一次道出了事实。

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Five fire danger ratings of fuel types were classified on the basis of initial ignition moisture.

以各可燃物类型的初始引燃含水率为基准，将各可燃物类型的火险等级划分为五级。

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Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott said Thursday the district would move to fire teachers who receive low ratings due to incompetence in two consecutive years if a new teacher-evaluation system isn't in place by the time school starts this fall.

WSJ: City Moving to Strengthen Teacher Pool

Yet the only heat cable TV is feeling, strangely enough, comes from its own ratings, which caught fire last month.

FORBES: Who Set Cable TV Ratings Ablaze? Hulu.

The credit ratings agencies also came under fire.

BBC: FSA warning on risk 'deficient'