Chain index an index number derived by relating the value at any given period to the value in the previous period rather than to a fixed base.

环比指数指通过把某一时期的数值与前一时期的数值相比，而不是与固定基期相比而得出的指数。

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Chain index of overall scores for healthy environment indicators in Beijing during 2001 to 2004 was more than unity, with an annual increase of 8.41 percent.

2004年北京市健康环境状况总评分的时间动态数列环比均大于1，年均递增速度为8.41%。

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The amount of "vital heat" produced by a specific body was viewed as a direct index of its place in the "great chain of being", a hierarchical order of rank according to degrees of perfection.

一个身体产生“生命之热”的数量直接决定了它在“存在之链”中的位置——一个依据个体的完善程度来安排的等级序列。

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U.S. economic data due for release Tuesday includes the NFIB small business index, weekly Goldman Sachs chain store sales index, the producer price index, retail sales, the weekly Johnson Redbook retail sales report and manufacturing and trade inventories and sales.

FORBES: Comex Gold, Silver Firmer in Wake of China Monetary Policy Tightening

U.S. economic data due for release Tuesday includes the NFIB small business index, the weekly Goldman Sachs chain store sales index, import and export prices, the weekly Johnson Redbook retail sales report and the monthly Treasury budget statement.

FORBES: Comex Gold Higher on Bargain Hunting, Weaker U.S. Dollar Index

U.S. economic data due for release Tuesday includes the NFIB small business index, the weekly Goldman Sachs chain store sales index, international trade report, the weekly Johnson Redbook retail sales report and the release of the latest FOMC minutes.

FORBES: Comex Gold, Silver Pressured by General Commodity Market Weakness as EU Debt Crisis Intensifies