《一个不完美的上帝:乔治·华盛顿、他的奴隶和美国的诞生》一书的作者温塞克说,拥有奴隶“就像拥有一个巨额的银行账户”。
Owning slaves was " like having a large bank account, " says Wiencek, author of An Imperfect God: George washington, His Slaves, and the Creation of America.
因此美国出现了巨额的财政赤字。
巨额的热钱流入对中国经济将造成两方面的伤害。
Massive hot-money inflows present two dangers to China's economy.
人们开出大量或空白或巨额的隐喻性支票。
People write out plenty of metaphorical cheques, whether blank or bouncing.
希腊和爱尔兰都进行了巨额的财政预算削减。
这种做法可以导致巨额的支付,美国经常就是这种情况。
This can lead to massive pay out, as is often the case in the United States.
他们调整了借贷体系,而且通常建立起巨额的外汇储备。
They have restructured their borrowing and often built up vast coffers of foreign-exchange reserves.
他也许每年只拿一美元的薪金,但他却留下了巨额的财富。
He may only have taken in a single dollar per year, but Jobs leaves behind a vast fortune.
为了保证收支平衡,古巴人被迫要依赖于巨额的非正式经济。
To make ends meet, Cubans are forced to rely on a vast informal economy.
他们表示这笔巨额的赔偿金足以令《宇宙报》破产。
这些整合后的公司开始偿还巨额的贷款,并开始理顺公司经营。
The resulting companies then began paying back their huge loans and streamlining their operations.
日本拥有大量的赤字,巨额的债务以及最老龄的人口。
Japan has a big deficit, a large debt and the oldest population in the OECD.
获得一份巨额的亚军支票,你会去购物吗?你想买什么?
Q. A reasonable runner up check. Going shopping? What are you buying?
无论这次萧条何时结束,未来的我们会面临巨额的账单。
Whenever this recession finally ends, our future selves are going to be facing some very big bills.
现收现付体系的国家通常被巨额的养老金供给问题困住。
Countries on a PAYG system are usually stuck with it for the bulk of their pension provision.
事实上,就算他们有着巨额的财富他们仍然感到不快乐。
Indeed, they are frequently dissatisfied even with their sizable fortunes.
有些负债的商人抛弃家庭和企业出逃以躲避巨额的高利贷。
Some indebted businessmen have done a runner, abandoning their homes and firms rather than parting with their pound of flesh.
南部也许会支付给北方巨额的运输费,而不是与其分割利润。
The south may start paying the north hefty transfer fees instead of splitting revenues.
新兴市场不如发达国家市场那么稳定,大幅的下跌也会吞噬掉巨额的回报。
Emerging markets tend to be more volatile than developed ones, and big declines can eat big gains.
要想设法影响当今的消费者颇具挑战性,但却会提供巨额的回报。
Finding ways to influence today's consumers is challenging, but it provides a significant payoff.
然而因为营销方面的支出,他们可能正承受着巨额的损失,这是不可避免的。
Yet, they are probably sustaining huge losses because of the marketing expenditures. It's inevitable.
但是,我明白获胜、巨额的收益、名誉都不会带来真正的幸福和快乐。
But I also learned that this kind of thing-winning, financial success, fame-is not what brings happiness.
美国和欧盟都希望北京升高人民币币值,以削减中国巨额的贸易顺差。
The United States and Europe want Beijing to raise the value of its currency, to trim the Chinese trade surplus.
但不能认为这是理所当然,尤其在一些富裕国家存在如此巨额的财政赤字情况下。
But it cannot be taken for granted, especially when some rich countries' budget deficits are so vast.
那可能对土耳其等国造成困扰,因为这些国家负有巨额的经常项目赤字。
That could spell trouble for a few countries, such as Turkey, which have large current-account deficits (see article).
臃肿的员工编制和巨额的花费开销导致了这家前国有垄断企业竞争乏力。
The former state monopoly is not competitive because of its bloated, expensive workforce.
它称欧盟巨额的纾困基金只是权宜之计,但是现在正成为一个永久的机制。
It said the EU's big bail-out fund would be temporary, but it is being made permanent.
它称欧盟巨额的纾困基金只是权宜之计,但是现在正成为一个永久的机制。
It said the EU's big bail-out fund would be temporary, but it is being made permanent.
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