1: The origins of higher prices matter. 2: Supply shocks, for instance, do more damage to global growth than higher prices that are the consequence of stronger demand. 3: One frequent explanation of the current rise is that central-bank largesse has sent oil prices higher. 4: In recent months the world’s big central banks have all either injected liquidity, expanded quantitative easing (printing money to buy bonds) or promised to keep rates low for longer. 5: This flood of cheap money, so the argument goes, has sent investors into hard assets, especially oil. 6: But since markets are forward-looking, the announcement rather than the enactment of QE should move oil prices; indeed, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, disappointed markets last month by not signalling another round of QE (see Buttonwood). 7: Moreover, if rising prices are being driven by speculators you should see a rise in oil inventories—exactly the opposite of what has happened.

1:高油价的源头至关重要。2:比如，像供应异动对全球经济造成的危害就比需求走强型油价攀升大。3:对于目前的上涨，一个常被用到的解释就是央行的慷慨救助推升了油价。4:在近几个月里，全球各大央行不是在注入流动性，增加量化宽松（印钱买国债），就是在保证延长保持低利率的期限。5:就像争论的那样，廉价资金（不只是低息贷款，还有货币的贬值等）的涌入早把投资者推到了硬资产那边，特别是石油那里。6:不过因为市场是有预测性的，所以是量化宽松的宣布提升了油价，而不是实施。确实，上个月美联储主席本伯南克宣布没有下一轮量化宽松，是让市场很失望的。7:另外，如果价格上涨是由投机者造成的，你将会看到原油库存的增加——这完全与事实背道而驰。

属类：时事政治-经济学人双语版-加勒个油 The New Grease?

1: Two things could keep productivity rising. 2: First, workers are terrified of losing their jobs. This makes it easier to persuade them to put in extra hours or shoulder new tasks. 3: Even in unionised firms, there have been reports of greater flexibility. 4: Workers have been staying on the job longer rather than “featherbedding” their hours by, for example, queuing up early to clock off as soon as the shift ends.

1:有两个因素能使生产率持续增长。2:其一，工人们害怕失业，这使得鼓励他们加班或干其它的活变得更加容易。3:据媒体报道，即使企业里有工会，维权活动仍更具弹性。4:工人们将更多的时间用于工作，而不是一到换班时间便早早排队下班等“浪费行为”。

属类：时事政治-经济学人双语版-美国的生产率增长还能持续多久?

Mr Hart tried to keep out of trouble, posting works that were safely in the public domain,

哈特努力不招惹麻烦，只发布已经很稳妥地位入公共领域内的书籍。

属类：时事政治-经济学人双语版-电子书之父迈克·哈特

But apart from a few short spells abroad, mostly to keep her two children safe from the worst of the war, she never left Congo. Her determined mission was to tell the world about this place.

可是，她只短暂地离开过刚果两次，主要是为了保护自己的两个孩子免受战乱之苦，其它时间则一直坚守在这里。向世界讲述刚果，这就是命运为她钦定的职责。

属类：时事政治-经济学人双语版-在刚果行医的女医生Lyn Lusi

SINCE the 2010 mid-term elections, “tea party” Republicans have enjoyed influence out of proportion to their numbers. They forced Barack Obama and congressional Democrats to accept spending cuts without any tax increases to keep the government from shutting down in April, 2011, and from defaulting on its bills in August.

自2010年中期选举以来， “茶党”共和党人享有了与其人数不相符的强大影响力。在他们的坚持下，总统奥巴马和民主党国会议员被迫在去年四月和八月间，在不增加任何税收的前提下消减开支，以免联邦政府停摆，避免债务毁约。

属类：时事政治-经济学人双语版-美国众议院的茶党成员

"To keep out rats? " volunteered my older son.

“防止老鼠跑进来”我大儿子自告奋勇答道。

属类：英汉句库-article.yeeyan.org-

The people of Cambridge have built quiet lives for themselves here, in homes that keep out the sound.

Cambridge的人养成了安静的生活方式，都呆在家里，把噪音挡在外面。

属类：英汉句库-article.yeeyan.org-

Warm clothing helps to keep out the cold.

保暖的衣服可以御寒。

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There is almost no opposition in Israel to the firing of live ammunition to keep out the Palestinian border demonstrators, unarmed or not.

不论巴勒斯坦边境示威者是否携有武器，以色列举国上下都同意对他们动用真枪实弹。

属类：英汉句库-www.ecocn.org-

The Great Wall is built to keep out the invaders.

长城是为了阻挡侵略者而建造的。

属类：英汉句库-blog.hjenglish.com-

There was a large sign just outside the door which said, "Danger! Keep out ! "

大门外有一个大标志，写着：“危险！勿近！”

属类：无分类双语句库-brand.hjenglish.com-

For them, writers and painters just had to write and paint and keep out of politics.

但对他们而言，作家和画家不过是写写画画的一类人，应当远离政治。

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A thin plank fastened to the side of a boat or to the sill of a port to keep out the sea and the spray.

挡水板，防浪板缚于船边或港基的薄木板。用来阻挡海水及其喷溅。

属类：无分类双语句库-dict.ebigear.com-

It features a giant French-style chateau and an equally impressive fence to keep out the overeager fans.

岛上有一个巨大的法国式的城堡和一个同样让人印象深刻的栅栏，栅栏是用于防止过度热情的粉丝进入的。

属类：英汉句库-article.yeeyan.org-

For home gardeners, a two-meter fence might help keep out deer.

对家里的园丁来说，一个两米高的围栏也许能帮助阻隔鹿。

属类：英汉句库-blog.hjenglish.com-

home gardeners , a two-meter fence might help keep out deer.

对于家庭园丁，一个两米高的栅栏可以帮助避免鹿群的闯入。

属类：英汉句库-blog.hjenglish.com-

There is an occasional exception to the rule that governments should keep out of agriculture.

对于政府应当不干涉农业这一法则偶尔也是有例外的。

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Multi-level marketing companies are allowed to operate only under tight conditions designed to keep out scammers.

多层次营销公司运营条件十分苛刻，严防出现诈骗。

属类：英汉句库-article.yeeyan.org-

To keep out rabbits, a wire fence has to be only about a half-meter high.

而隔离开兔子就只需要半米高的铁丝篱笆。

属类：英汉句库-blog.hjenglish.com-

If the United States, the world's largest economy, can keep out of recession, that outlook may improve, analysts said.

分析师指出，若全球最大经济体--美国能免于衰退，全球前景或能改善。

属类：英汉句库-cn.reuters.com-

The notice said ‘Keep Out ’.

告示上写着“禁止入内”。

属类：综合句库--

Obviously, alcohol, street drugs and cigarettes are at the top of the list of things to keep out of your body.

很明显，酒、街头毒品、香烟是你最不能接触的东西。

属类：英汉句库-article.yeeyan.org-

These are low-cost approaches that developing countries may want to use, where they cannot afford dams and dykes to keep out the sea.

即使是今天的发展中国家，这些办法也正好用得上。可如果要这些国家去建造什么能够抵挡海水的大坝和运河，那就不太现实了。

属类：英汉句库-article.yeeyan.org-

India, in turn, espouses its own "Monroe doctrine" , demanding that outsiders keep out of its backyard.

接着说说印度，它信奉自己的“门罗宣言”，要求外人从它家后院——印度洋离开。

属类：英汉句库-article.yeeyan.org-

She set the time at 6. 30 pm so that the dark would keep out snooping eyes, and reportedly hired false brides to look like her.

她把时间安排在晚上6：30，希望黄昏能够阻止那些窥探者的目光。据报道，她甚至雇了长得很像自己的人假扮新娘。

属类：中国大陆-www.chinadaily.com.cn-

Mrs Clinton was careful to keep out of Israel's internal politics.

克林顿夫人很小心的置以色列内部政策于不顾。

属类：英汉句库-www.ecocn.org-

It also hoped the reforms would keep out potential terrorists.

内政部还希望改革能将阻止潜在的恐怖分子。

属类：英汉句库-article.yeeyan.org-

Southern Europeans should allow freer trade: if they keep out Tunisian oranges, they must expect more Tunisian immigrants.

南部欧洲国家应允许更加自由的贸易：如果他们拒绝突尼斯的柑橘，就必须意识到会有更多的突尼斯移民涌入。

属类：英汉句库-www.ecocn.org-

The containers should keep out light. Light can harm the properties of oils and fats.

容器应避光，因为光会损害油脂的特性。

属类：英汉句库-article.yeeyan.org-

If they had, they would have learned that Chinese families tend to wrap their remote controls in transparent plastic to keep out dust.

如果他们有在中国人家中住过，他们应知道中国人在家喜欢把遥控器包在透明的塑胶薄膜以防尘。

属类：英汉句库-article.yeeyan.org-