He has asked contractors to cut costs by 30% after profits fell by 14% last year, the first drop in seven years.
在去年利润下降14%后（这是七年来首次下降），他已要求合约部门同事将成本降低30%。
Also hurting Asian markets were new figures showing Japanese consumer confidence falling to a record low, while India's industrial output posted its first annual drop since 1995.
其它令亚洲股市遭受打击的消息包括日本消费者信心降至创记录的低点，以及印度工业产出报1995年以来的首次年度同比下降。
You first drop the tables, if they exist, so that you can cleanly create new tables with the exact column definitions you need.
如果存在的话，首先放弃这些表，以便您可以用所需的正确的列定义创建新表。
If you do decide to drop an index, you should first save its create index statement so that you can easily recreate it if necessary.
如果您决定删除索引，那么首先要保存它的CREATEindex语句，以便在需要时轻松地重新创建它。
Orders for capital goods, excluding aircraft and defence, fell by 5.1% in October, the first drop in six months.
10月份，资本物品(除去航空和防务)的订单下跌5.1%，这是近六个月以来的首次下跌。
Norway, after all, was a rich, efficiently administered country long before Statoil produced its first drop of oil.
毕竟在Statoil生产它第一桶石油之前，挪威就已经是一个富有，高效率管理的国家了。
New Yorkers' combined personal income plummeted more than 3% last year - the first annual drop in 70 years, the New York Post reported Thursday.
据《纽约邮报》7日报道，"纽约客"2009年的个人收入下滑超过3%，这是70年来纽约州首次出现个人年度收入缩水。
For the above scripts, if the first line is replayed, it should generate the drop-down list.
对于上面的脚本，如果第一行被重新播放，那么它应该生成下拉列表。
It fell at an annualised rate of 3.1%, the first decline since 1991 and the biggest drop since 1980.
下跌速率全年化以后为3.1%，是自1991年后首次下降也是1980年以后最大的降幅。
If the input and output are of the same type, the first drag and drop operation sets the input.
如果输入和输出是相同类型的，那么第一个拖放操作设置输入。
The first value in this list is used when the first value in the drop-down window is selected, the second for the second value, and so on.
当下拉窗口中的第一个值被选中时，则使用列表中的第一个值，当第二个值被选中时，则使用列表中的第二个值，依此类推。
This may be advice a little too late for some people. But if you have an exercise habit going, don’t drop it at the first sign of trouble.
这条建议对某些朋友来说或许已经有点晚了，但如果你已经养成了体育锻炼的习惯，就千万不要在遇到一点点困难时就放弃它。
"Dear brother, do not drink," she began; but she was too late, for her brother had already knelt by the stream to drink, and as the first drop of water touched his lips he became a fawn.
“亲爱的哥哥，不要喝，”她开始喊叫；但是已经太迟了，因为他的哥哥已经跪在溪水前喝水了，当溪水刚刚碰到他的嘴唇他就变成了一只小鹿。
Offenders would at first receive letters. If piracy did not drop by 70%, internet-service providers would be required to roll out stronger measures.
盗版者首先会收到告诫信件，但是盗版率没有下降70%，网络服务提供者就要采取更为有利的措施以加以制止。
First, it estimates the daily drop in equity value of this firm that would be expected if the aggregate market falls more than 2%.
首先，估算出这个公司被期望的每日股本价值跌落的值，如果综合市场下降多于2%。
First, the scope of the cache instances is specified in the first drop down.
第一，缓存实例的范围是在第一个下拉列表中指定的。
When money is tight, the first things that drop out of the diet are usually the healthy foods, like fruits, vegetables, and lean sources of protein, which are nearly always more expensive.
当缺钱时，饮食中放弃的首要东西往往是健康食品，例如水果、蔬菜和低脂肪蛋白质来源，因为这些食品几乎总是较贵的。
Or they drop out, as did many in Japan’s first “lost generation” a decade ago.
年轻人或者选择退出，就像日本“迷茫的一代”十年前干的事一样。
Around a third of the drop in the first quarter was counteracted by rising sales of high-definition Blu-ray discs, which are more profitable.
第一季度下降了三分之一，这抵消了更有利可图的、高清晰度的蓝光光盘的涨幅。
Or they drop out, as did many in Japan's first “lost generation” a decade ago.
否则他们就辞职，和十年前日本首批“垮掉的一代”做法一样。
The country's first commercial drop zone was established in 1990 in Queenstown and the activity has grown quickly ever since, partly thanks to New Zealand's reputation for extreme sports.
这个国家的第一个商业区在1990年建立于皇后镇，各类活动从此风起云涌，这多半归功于新西兰极限运动的名声。
On the theory that college students might be among the first to drop cable TV, the company looked at changes in subscriber figures in college towns such as Austin, Texas, and Columbus, Ohio.
照他这么说的话，大学生可能是首批放弃有线电视的人群，公司发现已察觉在奥斯丁，德州，哥伦比亚州以及俄亥俄州的大学城，有线电视用户的变化。
Even so, the plan appears to treat second-lienholders better than investors in the main mortgage, because the formerare not required to cut principal when first-lien balances drop.
即便如此，这向计划显现的对抵押贷款持有者的待遇要好于拥有主要按揭贷款的投资者，因为当优先抵押差额减少时，前者不需要削减本金。
First there is a drop-down box that shows each of the data series from Listing 1.
首先有一个下拉框，显示来自清单1的每一个数据系列。
The price of iron ore may be falling, but this year's drop in benchmark prices is the first since 2002.
铁矿石价格或将下滑，但今年基准价格的走低是2002年以来的首次。
Traders were also upbeat after a surprise drop in first-time claims for unemployment benefits bolstered hopes that companies might start ramping up hiring soon.
首次申领失业救济金人数有所减少，让交易员感到振奋，希望企业不久会开始增加就业岗位。
Under pressure on both fronts, Guangdong for the first time saw a drop in the number of migrant workers.
面对双重压力，广东首次看到流动劳工数字的下降。
First-team players regularly drop by, heroes and inspirations on their doorstep.
一队的球员常来拉玛西亚看看，偶像巨星就在学校门口。
And it gets worse.By 2020, first-class mail volume is expected to drop by half.
2020年的情况会更糟，一类邮件数量预计将减少一半。
And it gets worse.By 2020, first-class mail volume is expected to drop by half.
2020年的情况会更糟，一类邮件数量预计将减少一半。
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