Price changes in Europe, when they happened, tended to be big, whether up or down: the average increase was 8% and the average cut 10%, against inflation of 2% or so.
另外欧洲的价格变动不论是上涨还是下跌，幅度往往都很大：比起2%的通胀率来说，平均价格增幅有8%，而平均跌幅则高达10%。
It's a toss-up whether oil prices will go up or down over the days ahead.
未来这些日子的油价涨落概率是一半对一半。
Whether I drop an object or throw it vertically up or I throw it vertically down, it's all one-dimensional.
当我把物体扔出去，无论是垂直向上扔，还是垂直向下扔，这都是一维运动。
The term “hedge” (from hedging your bets) derives from the aim of making money whether a market goes up or down.
“对冲”（来自为你的赌注两面都下注）这个术语取自不论市场风向如何都能获利这个目标。
"And that is why in this last week that we cannot afford to slow down or to sit back or to let up, whether it is rain or sleet or snow," he said.
他说：“那就是为什么我们在这最后一周不论下雨、下雪珠甚至是下雪，都不能懈怠、放松或听其自然。”
And we didn't know whether we were going to be looking at history or not because when you look at a curve like that, an exponential curve going up can often just tilt over and crash back down again.
我们并不知道是否会鉴证历史，因为，在您看到那样的一个曲线时，那种上升的指数曲线往往会再次倾斜下滑。
If you're waiting for some sort of edict that tells you whether SOAP is "thumbs up" or "thumbs down," it's not going to happen.
如果等待某种命令来告诉您SOAP是否是“好的”还是“坏的”，那么这是不会发生的。
When energy is required, the sugar is used-regardless of whether the sun is up or down.
需要能量时就使用糖，不管是否有太阳。
For the test program, we'll simply have a key listener loop up or down based on whether the left or right shift key is pressed, as shown in Listing 5.
对于测试程序，我们只简单地让键侦听器根据按下的是左还是右shift键按向上或向下的方向循环，如清单5所示。
Because with this little change, you will no longer be swayed up and down depending on whether good things or bad things happen to you, whether people (and their actions) are good or bad.
因为这个改变不大，你的情绪将不再因为好的不好的事发生在你身上而高高低低，无论他(和他们的行动)是好还是坏。
OK, so that's where we use, actually, the labels on the level curves that tell us whether things are going up or down.
这就是用标记在等高线的地方，这些标记将告诉我们，到底是在上升还是下降。
Anybody who sits down with a spreadsheet will quickly wind up questioning whether the risk-adjusted returns on a Sierra Leone or Guinea startup iron-ore mine are really better.
凡是坐下来看试算表的家伙，立马收起了对塞拉利昂或者几内亚铁矿是否真是更好风险调整回报的疑问。
Before you can decide whether it's thumbs up or down, however, you will need to formulate a specific reason to drive your movie review.
不过，在决定赞扬或批评该片之前，你需要阐述具体的理由来支持你影评的观点。
He is currently trying to make his mind up about whether to step up or scale down the operation.
他现在正在为到底在军事行动上是进是退而做决定。
This morning, I was standing at the top of the stairs, and I couldn't remember whether I had just come up or was about to go down.
今天早上我站在台阶上，居然忘了自己是已经走上来了呢，还是准备要下去。
"Income inequality is real," Mr Bush said. "the question is whether we respond to [it] with policies that help lift people up, or tear others down."
布什说：“收入不均衡现象的确存在，问题是我们是否应该制定某些政策，增加某些人的财富，削减另一些人的收入。”
Since all the information is in the current price, you don't have to worry about whether it went up or down yesterday, to decide what it's going to do today.
因为当前价格代表了所有信息，你就不需要去考虑昨天股价，是涨了还是跌了，再去判断它今天的价格会怎么变化。
The term "hedge" (from hedging your bets) derives from the aim of making money whether a market goes up or down.
“对冲”（来自为你的赌注两面都下注）这个术语取自不论市场风向如何都能获利这个目标。
Life is a grindstone. Whether it grinds you down or polishes you up depends on what you are made of.
生活如磨刀石，是将你磨蚀或是磨得灿烂光亮，皆取决于你自身材料如何。
Over the long term, though, it is mainly company earnings that determine whether a stock's price will go up, down, or sideways.
但是，长期来看，主要还是公司的业绩决定股票价格的上涨、下降或是横走。
If you go to brokers, whether the market is up or down, he can earn the spread.
要是你去找经纪人，不管市场是涨还是跌，他都可以赚取价差。
Whether it's up north or down south, tourism is enjoying brisk business.
无论你是北上还是南下，旅游业现在是处于火热状态。
"You could find that a molecule is up or down-regulated, but whether that relates to a consumer noticing a difference is a big jump," says Diona Damian at the University of Sydney, Australia.
“你可能会发现某种分子被人为控制增长或衰减，但它引起的差异是否能被消费者注意到，这是一个飞跃。”澳洲悉尼大学的戴奥娜。达米安说。
Best of all, it works whether the real estate market is going up, down, or sideways.
最重要的是，无论房地产涨还是跌，它都有用。
Best of all, it works whether the real estate market is going up, down, or sideways.
最重要的是，无论房地产涨还是跌，它都有用。
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