The lower credit rating for long-term U. S. debt means that it might be considered less valuable for those purposes.
美长期债务信用评级调降后,意味着它在上述用途中被认为价值降低。
But the interest rates the Fed normally targets - basically rates on short-term U. S. government debt - are already near zero.
然而,美联储通常作为目标的利率——基本上就是美国短期国债的利率——已经接近于零。
McCain's campaign called the speech "misleading" and "so fundamentally at odds with the meager record" of Obama, a first-term U. S. senator.
麦凯恩的竞选团队称奥巴马的讲话“误导”,而且与他在首任参议员期间的“稀少记录根本不吻合”。
One way the Chinese can lessen their exposure to dollar assets over time is to shift their reserves from long-term Treasuries into shorter-term U. S. bonds.
中国减少美元资产持有的一个方法是将他们的长期美国国债储备逐渐转成较短期的美国债券。
The relationship between the dollar and the yuan even became a sticking point in the Federal Reserve's effort to stimulate the economy by buying longer-term u.
美元与人民币的关系,甚至成了美联储(Federal Reserve)通过购买较长期美国国债刺激经济的一个争议之处。
We have not adequately advanced priorities like education, energy, science and technology, and health care-all of which are essential to U. S. competitiveness, long-term prosperity, and strength.
我们在像教育、能源、科技、卫生保健等方面没有足够的优势,然而所有的这些对美国的竞争力、长期繁荣和力量都很重要。
The U. S. Navy's long-term vision is to deploy distributed wireless sensor networks along with RFIDs to provide a wealth of information about an entire aircraft structure.
美国海军的长期目标是分布式的无线传感器网络与射频身份识别(RFID)同时部署,从而提供关于整个飞机构造的大量信息。
Recent research in the U. K. has revealed that we, as a society, may be dangerously over-reliant on GPS tech, and Japan may suffer long-term mistakes caused by GPS mis-navigation.
最近在英国的研究揭示了我们,作为一个社会,也许会由于过度依赖GPS技术而发生危险,而日本也许会由于GPS 的误定位而受到长期的问题困扰。
We all know the medium - and long-term problem with U. s. debt. It's been discussed worldwide over the past few years.
我们都知道,美国债务在中期和长期来说是有问题的,这已经在全世界议论了好几年了。
Yet Kinzer's U. S. -Iranian-Turkish alliance is a long-term project, and the idea has ample grounding in the modern history of the region.
分析看来,作者提出的这种建立美-伊-土战略同盟的构想是一个着眼于长远的计划,从中东地区现代历史上来看,是有足够的“土壤”来让这种想法生根发芽的。
As the U. S. mid-term elections approach, we expect heated rhetoric over this issue to escalate further.
随着美国中期大选的临近,我们预计在这一问题上的激烈的言辞可能会进一步升级。
Kwong says while the U. S. economic situation has made the markets a bit volatile for now, investors are projecting stable long term growth in Asia.
邝民彬说,尽管美国的经济状况目前造成股市出现一些动荡,但是投资者预期亚洲地区会有长期的稳定增长。
"Shave tail" was a term originally used in the 19th century among U. s. cavalry regiments.
“剃尾毛”是一个原本在19世纪的美国骑兵团间使用的术语。
U. s. disaster relief charities have issued pleas for money to fund short - and long-term efforts.
美国救灾援助慈善组织已经发出呼吁请美国人多捐助以充实长期和短期的救灾工作。
U. S. officials said Tuesday they may abandon the term swine flu, for fear it's confusing people into thinking they could catch it from pork.
美国官员周二说,他们可能会放弃这个词猪流感,担心会使人困惑认为他们吃猪肉才得流感。
"Asia is the most important region in the world from the U. S. perspective over the long term," he said.
他说:“就美国长期来看,亚洲是世界上最重要的地区。”
Obama, a 47-year-old first term senator from Illinois, became a clear winner even in the early hours of the much-publicized Election Night when u.
奥巴马,47岁,来自伊利诺斯洲的首项参议员,已经在大选当晚提前几小时前很明显的赢得了选举胜利。
The first and most recent development is the steepening of the U. S. Treasury yield curve and the rise of intermediate and long-term bond yields.
第一种方法,同时也是最近发展趋势,是让美国国债的收益率曲线变陡,提高中期以及长期债券的收益率。
The double taxation can be particularly vexing for long-term expats, who must pay U. s. taxes year after year without receiving much in the way of benefits.
对于长期旅居国外的人来说,双重课税尤其让人恼火,他们必须年复一年地向美国纳税,但却享受不到什么好处。
Outsourcing is an economic disadvantage that puts the long-term competitiveness of the U. S. economy at risk.
外包是一种经济上的劣势,这使得美国经济长期处于竞争风险中。
In the future, the term "globalization" has the potential to replace the criticism of U. S. cultural imperialism.
未来,“全球化”一词很有可能取代美国文化帝国主义而成为新的众矢之的。
In the future, the term "globalization" has the potential to replace the criticism of U. S. cultural imperialism.
未来,“全球化”一词很有可能取代美国文化帝国主义而成为新的众矢之的。
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