A man in camp took a barometer reading at half-hour intervals.

营地里的一个人每半小时看一次气压计。

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Checking the barometer again, showed a massive fall in pressure from the last reading and it was falling fast.

我再次查看了气压计，现在的读数远远低于上一次的读数，而且读数还在继续迅速下降。

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The Chicago Business Barometer for January came in at 55.6, a higher reading than analysts had forecast, according to data provider FactSet.

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The monthly barometer of the services sector rose to 40.6 in December, ahead of November's 37.3 reading, and the 37.0 projected by Wall Street.

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