The retail sector has been a significant underperformer.

零售部是明显表现不佳的部门。

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The dispassionate euphemism “underperformer” is one that I have never heard anyone use to describe themselves.

我从来不曾听过有人会用不带情感色彩的委婉语“表现欠佳者”来形容自己。

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And the Guggenheim Airline ETF ( FAA) was an underperformer, falling about 3.4%.

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China financials might be an underperformer, but China long term is a growth story.

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Petrobras was actually an underperformer and continues to underperform the Brazilian stock market to this day.

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