He magnanimously excuses the Economist's poor record of predicting the price of oil: our suggestion in 1999 that oil would remain dirt cheap was conventional wisdom at the time, he says soothingly.

他很大度地原谅了《经济学家》在石油价格预测方面的失误，安慰说：我们在1999年认为世界石油价格将会一直非常便宜，但这是当时人们普遍的看法。

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At the same time they also make little issue of maintaining costs for example the suggestion of 7% price reduction of all parts of model arose previously by Guangzhou Honda is an obvious case.

同时也在降低车主保养费用方面做文章，比如广本此前提出的全系车型配件价格下调7%就是明显例子。

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Your quoted price is out of line with the prevailing level. That is why we feel confident that our suggestion of three percent off your present one is workable.

你方报价与市价有差异，所以我们相信减价百分之三的建议是可行的。

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He magnanimously excuses The Economist's poor record of predicting the price of oil: our suggestion in 1999 that oil would remain dirt cheap was conventional wisdom at the time, he says soothingly.

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