Keeping a shop in this village is not a paying proposition, ie not profitable .
在这个村子里开设商店是一桩亏本的买卖。
If what we lose is territory and what we gain is victory over the enemy, plus recovery and also expansion of our territory, then it is a paying proposition.
如果我们丧失的是土地，而取得的是战胜敌人，加恢复土地，再加扩大土地，这是赚钱生意。
Money fled that money-losing proposition to unofficial lenders paying higher rates for deposits because they were charging, not the official 6.5% rate for a loan, but 30% to 70%.
资金之所以逃离亏本行业，逃向存款利率更高的非官方放贷处，是因为它们给付的利息不是官方贷款的6.5%，而是30 - 70%。
Roland Fryer, a Harvard economist, has invested more than $6m to test the proposition that paying pupils can improve poor schools.
来自哈佛的经济学家罗兰德.福莱尔已经花费6百万美元以验证金钱奖励可以改善小学生学习成绩的假设。
Roland Fryer, a Harvard economist, has invested more than $6m to test the proposition that paying pupils can improve poor schools.
来自哈佛的经济学家罗兰德.福莱尔已经花费6百万美元以验证金钱奖励可以改善小学生学习成绩的假设。
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