That Joseph, a Semitic foreigner, could be elevated to an important post, the post of governor, is a little less surprising, if we suppose there was a Semitic regime.

约瑟夫，外来闪族，可能被提拨到高位，统治者的位置，这也就不那么令人惊奇了，如果我们假设当时有一个闪族王国。

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The upward-sloping term structure means that the forward rates are at higher levels.

尾部上扬的期限结构表明,远期利率处于高位

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