There's a term for that — they call it going ex-dividend.

有一个专门的术语，叫做“除息”。

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"Carbon dioxide: they call it pollution; we call it life," runs the slogan.

广告的口号是：“二氧化碳：他们把它称为污染；我们把它叫做生活。”

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That is, instead of describing something as "good", they call it "fantastic".

如，他们不用“好”而用“极好的”来形容某事。

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They call it Netra, which means eye in Sanskrit but stands for Near Eye Tool for Refractive Assessment.

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Nobody knows who it is,so they call it,they find it wandering on the streets.

没人知道他是谁，他流落街头。

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I ride, they call it Muni, but it's the bus system here.

我乘坐这里人所称的有轨电车。

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And as you say, Africans are totally obsessed with futbol, as they call it here.

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He started moving some serious weight, as they call it, four pounds at a time.

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Brazilians pride themselves on their knack for dodging silly rules (they call it jeitinho).

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