罗马俱乐部
Books such as Paul Ehrlich’s The Population Bomb In 1968 and the Club of Rome’s 1972 study The Limits to Growth,
Paul Ehrlich 1968年著作《人口炸弹》及罗马俱乐部1972年的研究报告《增长的极限》造成人们恐惧，
raised fears that unchecked population growth might lead to mass starvation.
以为未加节制的人口增长会导致大规模的饥荒。
In the 70s,the Club of Rome predicted,with hilarious imprecision,
1970年代时，罗马俱乐部令人捧腹地粗略预测，
a coming doomsday of uncontrollable pollution,wild overpopulation and resource depletion(by 1992,for example,no oil).
失控的污染、人口爆炸及资源枯竭即将来临
CPI
消费者物价指数
The TIME group predicts that the CPI will climb at an annual rate of 7.2%in the fourth quarter
时代集团预测消费者物价指数在第四季将爬升至年增率7.2%
and slow to 3.8% by tate next year.
但在明年结束前将会减缓至3.8%。
Economists placed greater trust in the CPI report,
经济学家对消费者物价指数比较信任，
contending that the surge in the wholesale index was merely a fluke.
认为批发物价指数的飙涨只是偶发现象。
crowding out
排挤效果
For corporate America,health care has become a crippling expense.
对美国企业来说，健保已成了对企业杀伤力极大的一项支出。
General Motors laid out $3.2 billion last year,more than it spent on steel,to provide medical coverage for 1.9 million employees,dependents and retirees.
通用汽车公司去年编列32亿美元去付它190万名员工、眷属与退休员工的医药费用，比公司买钢铁的预算还高。
Unchecked,the U.S. medical bill will more than double in the next 10 years to $1.6 trillion,crowding out spending for other urgent needs.
假如再不节制，美国人的医药支出会在未来10年内增长一倍达到1.6兆美元，排挤其他更重要的资金需求。
deflation
通货紧缩
The potential for still lower inflation is real-and the gruesome possilility of deflation can’t be ruled out.
更低的通膨率是可能发生的，而残酷的通货紧缩的可能性并不能排除在外。
The only question:will inflation succeed?
唯一的问题：通货膨胀可能成功吗?
Upon the answer(which many think will be soon apparent)depends the immediate economic future of the U.S.
美国短期的经济前景全依赖问题的答案。
If it succeeds,the downward spiral of deflation will be definitely checked.
如果通货膨胀成功，那么往下盘旋的通货紧缩就可确定已经控制住了。
depression
萧条
Few would advocate a literal reprise of Franklin D.Roosevelt’s response to the Great Depression,
很少人会主张拿出当年F.D.罗斯福对付经济大萧条的方法，
which included strong gusts of government spending and massive publicworks projects.
包括大幅提高政府的支出与公共工程的预算。
While some economists have described the current slump as a near depression,
有些经济学家把当前的低迷形容成“接近萧条”
that phrase overstates the case if it is taken as a comparison with the period 1929-33,
用这词就嫌夸张了，
when the U.S. economy contracted by nearly a third.
因为在1929至1933年间，美国的经济萎缩了1/3之多。
deregulate
自由
Rajiv’s goal was to give his country reform,modernization,deregulation
拉吉夫的目标是带给印度改革、现代化、自由化
all catchwords under-pinning his frequently quoted aim of "bringing India into the 21st century."
这些都是支持他经常挂在嘴边的所谓“带领印度进入21世界”大方向的一些口号。
New technology and deregulation are blurring the lines between telephones and cable TV,
新科技与政府管制的取消使得电话与有线电视的界线开始模糊，
provoking a battle for America’s homes.
双方为抢夺美国家庭用户，展开一场大战。
econometrics
计量经济学
The reluctant laureate was honored for pathbreaking work in the early 1940s that laid the foundation for econometrics,which uses mathematical models to study the behavior of aneconomy.
