在预测行业里面，“已知的未知数”被称作不确定性。
In the forecasting business, "known unknowns" are called uncertainties.
行业顾问预测，在连续三年的下降之后，今年全球芯片制造商在新机器上的开支将出现47%的大幅增长。
After three consecutive years of decline, the industry consultants forecast global spending on new machinery by the chipmakers to rise a vigorous 47 per cent this year.
这种悲观的预测得到其他行业分析师附和，他们声称在大制片商中，尤其是米高梅(Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer Inc .，简称MGM)已经濒临破产，而其他大制片商也离破产不远了。
That gloomy prognosis chimes with other industry analysts who claim that MGM in particular is on the edge, while other big studios are not far behind.
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