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In the middle ages a rose was suspended from the ceiling of a council chamber, pledging all present to secrecy,or sub rosa ,"under the rose".
中世纪的时候，议会大厅里通常会悬挂一朵玫瑰花，表示在这个房间里所商谈的事情都是高度保密的。 来自拉丁语的词组sub rosa至今在英语中还表示“保密的”的含义。
He no longer carried the sharp sword, but a beautiful green branch, full of roses; with this he touched the ceiling, which rose up very high, and where he had touched it there shone a golden star.
他手里没有握着利剑，而是拿着一根盛开着玫瑰花的漂亮的绿树枝。他用树枝碰了碰天花板，天花板就升得老高；在触碰的地方出现了一个金星。
Dennerlein wants to blame that plunge on the debt ceiling debacle, but Hatzius notes less soothingly that final sales rose at a sub-tepid 0.5% clip in the first half.
丹纳雷希望将这一现象归罪于悬而不决的债务上限问题，但是哈特久斯注意到今年上半年的总销售额不温不火地上升了0.5%，尽管如此，这一数字也难以让人欣慰。
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