And yet the bank is still holding rates close to zero, and is pursuing a second round of QE to prop up asset prices.

尽管现在银行汇率一直接近零，美联储仍然在继续实行第二轮定量宽松政策以支持资产价格。

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They went wholly by holding the irons close to their cheeks, gauging the heat by some secret mental process that Martin admired but could not understand.

他俩都是把熨斗放近面颊，以某种微妙的心灵反应来测量温度的。马丁对这办法很欣赏，却不明白其中奥妙。

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With the Fed holding short-term rates close to zero, a move by another central bank to boost rates will tend to lift its currency against the dollar.

由于美联储继续将美国短期利率维持在接近于零的水平，其他国家央行上调利率很有可能会推动该国货币兑美元升值。

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In everyday speech, holding your cards close to your vest means not letting other know what you are doing or thinking.

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and holding the pen in the same hand in the close-up,

那么，在近距离拍摄的时候也应该是用右手拿笔，

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Lloyds TSB is to take over HBOS in a deal which will create a banking giant, holding close to one-third of the UK's savings and mortgage market.

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However, experiments by users revealed that holding magnets close to the disks would erase their recordings.

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When Jeanne Manford learned that her son Morty had been badly beaten up at a gay rights demonstration, nobody would have faulted her for bringing him home, holding him close, just focusing on her child.

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