The consultants were a group of men in sharp suits.

顾问都是些衣着入时的男人。

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There's been a sharp rise in the rate of inflation.

通货膨胀率急剧上升了。

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There was a sharp fall in the value of the dollar.

美元的价值有大幅下降。

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Painters like Edgar Degas and Vincent Van Gogh used the sharp lines and off-centered look of these prints in their paintings.

VOA: special.2009.09.02

Obviously, it goes without saying that today the assessment of Milton as some kind of imminent social threat or some sort of social force in terms of the radical nature of political power - that has taken a sharp turn.

显然--这是不言而喻的--现在，这一种基于弥尔顿,政治力量的激进性而把他看做是,危险的社会威胁或社会力量的观点,已经有了180度大转弯。

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Two of the big three American automakers filed for bankruptcy after suffering sharp drops in sales.

VOA: special.2010.01.02

By this view, the fact that the sharp increase in the value of the euro in the final days of trading last week coincided with a similarly sharp increase in the value of the yuan should come as no surprise.

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Much of the uptick in production is a direct result of the sharp decline in the price of natural gas which has been largely triggered by the unprecedented growth in shale gas production.

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In this scenario the trader is happy to pocket the rich premium available on the options given the length of time to expiration and increase in implied volatility on top of the sharp rise in the price of the underlying.

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