He thought he was just adding value to their ideas with his own. But every time he jumped on one of their ideas, he was having exactly the opposite effect.

他以为他在用自己的聪明才智给下属的想法锦上添花，然而每次他对下属的主意横加斥责时，都造成了截然相反的效果。

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The effect of this last println statement is to display the value of total after adding on the surrounding text.

最后这句println语句的作用是在文本之后显示total的值。

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However, some problems still exist such as the poor imported technological level, value - adding ratio and spreading effect.

然而尚存在引进技术水平不高、增值率低和波及效应差等问题。

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In other words, if the price of Chinese goods to American consumers increased by 21 percent (on average) and Americans reduced their consumption of Chinese goods by less than 21 percent, then demand would be considered inelastic, the price effect would dominate, and total import value would rise (adding to the trade deficit).

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