If consumer demand turns out to be better than expected, then companies may find themselves desperate to get hold of components and raw materials.

如果消费需求表现得比预计的要好他们就会绝望地发现公司因为产品组件和原材料的短缺而无法完成生产。

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To be fair , she behaved better than we expected.

说句公道话，她表现得比我们预期的要好。

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Kraft's share price got a well-timed boost last week after the firm forecast that its profits for 2009 would be even better than earlier expected.

上周，在卡夫预报其2009年盈利比之前预期要好后，卡夫的股价及时的大涨。

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2% You could say, I think my portfolio has an expected return of 12%-- that would be better than if it had an expected return of 10%.

如果一个投资组合的预期收益率有-,那就比一个只有10%的投资组合要好。

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The earnings continue to be better than expected, which is good for the long term.

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Different because internal operations did not go as planned, which can either be better than expected or worse.

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Amazon , a leading online retailer, surprised investors with the news that performance in the latest quarter would be better than expected.

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