He used to be a first-rate workman, but he has been on the downgrade for some while now.
他过去是第一流的工匠，可是近一段时间退步了。
In New York, the blue-chip dow Jones Industrial Average slid lower on the downgrade, closing down 122 points to 10, 136.
在纽约，道琼斯工业平均指数在下坡路上继续下滑，下跌122点，以10136点报收。
Despite the uncertainty, some asset managers are trying to calm their clients by putting a positive spin on the downgrade.
尽管不确定因素很多，很多资产经理正试图安抚他们的客户，并希望客户们以塞翁失马的态度来看待降级。
What is on the downgrade in the first stage is the old quantity and the old quality, the manifestations being mainly quantitative.
在第一阶段，向下的东西是旧的量和质，主要地表现在量上。
So, it does not imply a fundamental increase in risk, and we don't believe that investors should change their behavior based solely on the downgrade.
因此，这并不是说，从根本上，增加了市场风险，而且，我们不相信，光靠降级事件，就能让投资者改变其行为理念。
By raising questions about that creditworthiness, the downgrade also threw doubt on the Treasury's ability to stand behind the financial system.
通过质疑信誉度，降级还对国库券为金融系统做后盾的能力抛出了疑问。
The pressure on the Eurozone has been ratcheted up another notch because of the downgrade.
因为降级，欧元区的压力再次升级。
That can have economic impact on a country and its airlines, and the threat of a Category 2 downgrade can prompt improvement.
这会对一个国家及其航空公司产生经济影响，而二类国家会面临降级的威胁，这可以促使航空公司改善其安全性。
And judging from the way investors have been treating Google's stock, you'd think it was also on track to face an early downgrade from Internet giant to also-ran.
从投资者对待Google这支股票的态度上看你可能会觉得Google现在较早的就面临一个下坡阶段从互联网巨头到落败者(also - ran)也是很正常的。
As if to underline the point, yields on US Treasury bonds actually fell in the days after the downgrade, as investors fled to them as a haven.
似乎正是为了突出这一点，美国国债收益率在降级之后的几天内的确有所下降，由于投资者都逃向了美国这个避风港。
He began pouring money into the precious metal on the first trading day after the downgrade, and his foresight has paid off.
在降级之后的第一天，他开始投入大笔金钱买入贵金属，他的先见之明也得到回报。
On the basis of the S&P downgrade and the CDS spreads, it would be tempting to conclude that Ukraine has enormous sovereign debts that it will struggle to pay this year.
基于标普的降级举措以及当前CDS溢价水平，这或许指出乌克兰需要今年偿还的国债规模庞大，而且偿还将会十分艰难。
Adding up what the effect a downgrade would have on bond yields is a bit tricky.
准确评估降级对国债收益率的影响是一件比较棘手的事情。
Dagong, which has maintained a pessimistic outlook on US fiscal policy, has been leading the charge to downgrade US debt over the last 12 months, lowering the US rating from AA to a + a year ago.
大公公司一直对美国的财政政策持悲观态度，在过去的12个月里主导了对美国的债务降级，并在一年前将美国评级从AA降级到A +。
Standard & Poor's decision to downgrade America's credit rating on Friday is momentous, but not, I suspect, for the reasons most people will cite.
周五。标准普尔决定下调美国的信用评级影响是巨大的，但我猜想，其中的原因并不是大多数所引述的。
The lowest collateral the Fed will accept is AAA-rated private mortgage-backed bonds that are not on review for downgrade.
美联储所接受的最低质量的抵押都是AAA级别的私人房屋抵押债券，它们都不在被降级检查的行列。
That, in turn, helped the firm to reduce its leverage ratio (the level of indebtedness on its balance sheet), avoid a rating downgrade and appear healthier than it actually was.
借此，该公司降低了杠杆比率（资产负债表上债务所占比率），避免评级遭到下调，显得比实际情况更为健康。
Most press reports focused either on the Fed's downgrade of the near-term outlook or on its adoption of a long-run 2 percent inflation target.
许多媒体集中报道美联储下调了对短期前景的预期，或者是其通过一项为2%的长期通胀目标。
But they may look back on 2011 and see three events that undermine that story: the downgrade of America's credit rating; the last flight of the space shuttle; and Mr Jobs's death.
但回头看看2011年，有三件事足以打破他们心中这个神话：美国信用评级下降；航天飞机项目终结；还有乔布斯的去世。
Two of the three main credit-rating agencies, Fitch and Standard & Poor’s (S&P), cut their rating on Greek bonds and gave warning that a further downgrade was likely.
三个主要评级机构中的两个--惠誉与标准普尔--降低了其对希国债的评级，并警告可能进一步降低评级。
The downgrade pushed up the interest-rate spread on ten-year Greek bonds to 2.5 percentage points over German Bunds, the safest euro-zone credit.
评级的降低推动了希腊与德国十年期债券的利率差达到了2.5%，后者被认为是欧元区最安全的信贷方式。
Northwestern University Economics Professor Paola Sapienza says any savings from budget cuts could become irrelevant, if the U.S. defaults on its debt, or receives a credit rating downgrade.
西北大学经济学教授Paola Sapienza表示，如果美国拖欠债务，或者债务信誉等级降低，任何预算削减都是不可能的。
His comments, in an interview with CNBC on Wednesday, coincided with a downgrade of Kraft's credit rating by Fitch and sent shares in the company lower.
周三，他在消费者新闻与商业频道(CNBC)的一次访谈中发出此番评论的同时，惠誉(FIitch)对卡夫的信用评级下降，而且其股票下跌。
Fitch on Thursday put a negative outlook on Toyota's "A-plus" debt rating, signalling a possible downgrade in the future.
惠誉28日将丰田公司的信用评级“A+”定为负面观察，意味可能会调低评级。
Fitch on Thursday put a negative outlook on Toyota's "A-plus" debt rating, signalling a possible downgrade in the future.
惠誉28日将丰田公司的信用评级“A+”定为负面观察，意味可能会调低评级。
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