Eric's decision seems quite
irrational.
埃里克的决定似乎是很不明智的。
Tom had an
irrational belief that everybody was his enemy.
汤姆有个荒谬的信念，以为人人都是他的仇敌。
Tony's parents were worried by his increasingly
irrational behaviour.
托尼的父母因他的行为越来越乖僻而担忧。
The belief that every event has a specific purpose is
irrational.
认为每件事都有特定目的的想法是不理智的。
His fear of spiders is completely
irrational; they've never harmed him.
他对蜘蛛的恐惧完全是非理性的；蜘蛛从未伤害过他。
The notion that the earth is flat was once widely accepted but is now considered
irrational.
地球是平的这一观念曾被广泛接受，但现在被认为是不合理的。
Her decision to quit her well-paying job on a whim seemed
irrational to her friends.
她一时冲动决定辞去高薪工作，在朋友们看来是不理智的。
Investing all your savings in a single stock is often seen as an
irrational financial move.
将所有积蓄投资于一只股票通常被视为不理智的财务举动。
The idea that success can be achieved without any effort is utterly
irrational.
认为无需任何努力就能成功的想法是极其不理智的。
His
irrational jealousy led to frequent arguments with his partner.
他那不理智的嫉妒导致了与伴侣频繁的争吵。
It's
irrational to assume that everyone who disagrees with you is your enemy.
认为每个与你意见不合的人都是你的敌人是不合逻辑的。
The belief in supernatural beings stems from
irrational fears and misunderstandings of natural phenomena.
对超自然生物的信仰源自对自然现象的非理性恐惧和误解。
His spending habits were so
irrational that he often found himself in debt.
他的消费习惯非常不合理，以至于经常发现自己负债累累。
Such services, experts have been warning, may lead to irrational financial investment activities and even threaten financial stability.
专家们一直警告,此类服务可能导致非理性的金融投资活动,甚至威胁到金融稳定。这样的服务被专家持续警告着可能会引导非理智的金融投资行为，甚至有可能对金融稳定造成威胁。这里主要强调了专家的警告以及此类服务可能带来的严重后果，包括非理性投资和对金融稳定的威胁。
During Sunday's hearing, TikTok's lawyer described the ban as "unprecedented" and "irrational", and argued that it doesn't make sense to impose this ban when there are negotiations underway.
In Beijing, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang said Beijing urged Washington to view Chinese companies and China-US business cooperation "objectively and fairly", and be a "constructive contributor rather than an irrational spoiler".
According to the company, the FCC's process for labeling Huawei a security threat violates bedrock principles of due process and is based on nothing more than irrational speculation and innuendo.
"Mobike lost money because of the irrational competition and huge expenses incurred in the initial stage of operations, something that weighed on Meituan's balance-sheet.
Prominent Chinese business leaders and trade experts denounced the United States' newest levies on Chinese goods as irrational and destructive for both countries' business community.
"There are two factors behind such a drop, the crackdown on the irrational outbound direct investment China launched and the regulatory restrictions the US issued, which led to various consequences such as much slower and more complicated transactions," Hanemann said.
China's outbound direct investment (ODI) saw a drastic decline in 2017 amid government efforts to curb irrational overseas investment.
Dalian Wanda Group, facing intensified regulatory scrutiny over what authorities called "irrational" overseas investments, is close to reaching an agreement to sell two Australian luxury property projects－one in Sydney and another in Gold Coast, according to people familiar with the matter.
A number of sports-related deals, however, have hit hurdles after Beijing said it would rein in risks from "irrational" outbound investments, with particular focus on sectors including hotels, entertainment and sports.
There is no such thing as "forced labor" in Xinjiang, the ministry said, adding the US should immediately abandon its irrational suppression of Chinese enterprises and cease sabotaging Xinjiang's prosperity and stability.
Therefore, it may be worthwhile to think about creating a capital market stabilization fund, which can act as a market anchor during periods of extreme panic or irrational market collapses, and would be also helpful in directing the market toward value investments.
China has urged the United States to abandon irrational suppression of Chinese companies and lift unilateral sanctions on them ahead of a possible visit by the US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, the Ministry of Commerce said on Thursday.
The US side should abandon its irrational suppression, the ministry said in a statement.
China urges the US to immediately correct its wrongdoings and stop its irrational suppression of Chinese companies.
Zhou Maohua, an analyst at China Everbright Bank, said the government's recent moves to boost supplies and crack down on illegal activities such as hoarding and collusion in the market will help stabilize market expectations and curb irrational coal price hikes.
The US government under Democratic Party's leadership may also ease the economic and trade tensions with China, indicating the cooling of irrational trade frictions will be beneficial to investors.
The statements served to remind investors of the risks of an overheated market and irrational speculation, and encouraged rational decision-making before investments.
Other stipulations include limiting the recharge amount of users, and issuing pop-ups that warn them of irrational consumption behavior.
He added that the new guideline will encourage game publishers to offer premium online games and innovative experiences to enhance user engagement and avoid irrational consumption, rather than by using in-game purchases.
"Yang also said the high price may affect the healthy development of the PV industry, and a proposed mechanism is expected to prevent irrational expansion of production capacity and excess capacity from building up.
The new move comes after a statement made by the China Consumers Association on Wednesday, noting that fast food chain KFC's newly launched set meal that offered limited-edition surprise box gifts had caused irrational and excessive purchases of food.
The improved pricing mechanism will lift costs for high energy-consuming enterprises, which are not bound by the 20 percent upper limit, in a move to curb irrational power consumption and to encourage firms to improve their energy efficiency, the NDRC said.
国家发改委表示，改进后的定价机制将提高那些不受20%上限约束的高能耗企业的成本，旨在抑制非理性电力消费，并激励企业提升能源效率。
The improved pricing mechanism will lift costs for high energy-consuming enterprises, which are not bound by the 20 percent upper limit, in order to curb "irrational power consumption" and to encourage firms to improve their energy efficiency, the NDRC said.
国家发改委表示，改进后的定价机制将提高对那些不受20%上限约束的高能耗企业的成本，旨在抑制“不合理电力消费”，并激励企业提升能源利用效率。
Residential and agricultural users, as well as public welfare initiatives, will continue to have fixed power prices, while the improved pricing mechanism will lift costs for high energy-consuming enterprises, which are not bound by the 20 percent upper limit, in order to curb "irrational power consumption" and to encourage firms to improve their energy efficiency, according to the commission.
居民和农业用户，以及公共福利项目，将继续享有固定电价，而改进后的定价机制将提高高能耗企业的用电成本。这些企业不受20%上限约束，此举旨在抑制“非理性电力消费”，并激励企业提升能源效率。以上内容来自该委员会的说明。
"Overall, the current macro control measures have eliminated irrational demand, and secured people's normal demand for buying homes.
总的来说，当前的宏观调控措施已经剔除了非理性需求，确保了人们购房的正常需求得到保障。
Thanks to the effective regulations taking effect in the first half, investment demand in hot spot cities was curbed, and irrational market expectations were dealt with, Xu said.
徐表示，由于上半年实施的有效调控措施，热点城市的投资需求得到了抑制，非理性市场预期也得到了处理。
Other tough rules include increase of land supply for residential projects, caps on prices for land auctions to prevent high premiums and irrational land purchases by developers, guidance for developers to set home prices reasonably, and a ban on housing projects with unreasonably high prices.
其他严厉的措施包括增加住宅项目的土地供应，对土地拍卖价格设置上限以防止过高溢价和开发商非理性购地，引导开发商合理设定房价，以及禁止价格不合理高昂的房地产项目。
"That would translate to an assurance that unhealthy or irrational price swings will be preempted, making affordable housing in sought-after cities a realizable dream, particularly for young homebuyers.
这将意味着保证阻止不健康或非理性的价格波动，使在热门城市实现负担得起的住房成为可能的梦想，特别是对年轻的购房者来说。
Early on Tuesday in Beijing, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang said Beijing urged Washington to view Chinese companies and China-US business cooperation "objectively and fairly", and be a "constructive contributor rather than an irrational spoiler".
"In the pursuit of higher returns, some buyers have already availed of consumer loans and might have become irrational in their buy decisions," he said, noting once they lose their money in the market, they would have to deal with overdue repayments, and this may eventually affect their personal credit record.
While China's hair transplant industry is booming, unqualified service providers, misinformed customers and irrational competition are impairing its long-term development, industry insiders said.
Some companies spend almost half their revenue on advertising, which encourages other firms to do the same, causing irrational competition, she added.
Kang Hui, an industry analyst, said he is amused some homeowners are irrational and don't understand simple market forces.
So, homeowners' demands for refunds on price drops are not only irrational but not legal, experts said.
But production and sales last month were down by 17.5 percent and 11.9 percent from March because of industry-wide promotional campaigns that almost verged on "irrational", said the CAAM.
The EU is likely to be the next target of irrational US trade measures because their member countries have similar industrial structures and cutting-edge technologies, particularly in areas like semiconductors, vehicle engines, chemicals, new materials, passenger aircraft and aerospace products.
"But challenges still exist, such as data centers having irrational layout, uneven development and relatively low-energy efficiency," said Yang, who is also a deputy to the 13th National People's Congress.
They also called for patience, and warned that any irrational mindset, or a hasty approach will only create chaos and harm the sector's healthy development.
During the past three years, blockchain technology has attracted great attention, but has also generated bubbles and brought about "irrational prosperity".
But certain standards, conditions and appropriate timing are needed for such funds to be effective, including drastic share price declines, irrational capital outflows, less satisfactory results from other stimulative policies and stagnant trading volume levels, they said.
Nevertheless, they underlined the necessity for Chinese policymakers to boost domestic economic momentum and shun any irrational and drastic weakening of the renminbi, which could threaten the safety of foreign exchange reserves.
Tang from Peking University called on financial regulators to strengthen public communication to avoid irrational and drastic weakening of the renminbi, which could cause sizable capital outflows and put pressure on foreign exchange reserves.
Irrational behavior will be prevented and the entire financial system will remain stable," said Tang Jianwei, chief researcher at Bank of Communications' Financial Research Center.
It is wrong to stimulate irrational consumption that they cannot afford," Liu Kegu, academic advising team leader for the inclusive finance commission at the China Association for the Promotion of Development Financing, said earlier.
To curb forex market fluctuations driven by irrational sentiment, China's forex regulator introduced the counter-cyclical adjustment factor to the existing pricing model of the yuan's central parity rate against the US dollar in May 2017.
Noting that central banks have contributed to the easing of financial conditions, the IMF official said at this point he doesn't believe there is clear evidence of bubbles, generated by irrational pricing.
In 2017, a capital chain rupture occurred at Hongye Chemical Group Co Ltd, a large Shandong-based private company whose business segments include chemical and pharmaceutical industries, trade and small loans, because of overexpansion and its irrational structure of financing.
Too much easing of the monetary policy may boost irrational investment in the financial sector, said He Ping, a professor with the School of Finance at Renmin University of China.
Some well-paid foreigners working in China were stunned by rocketing housing prices in the country, saying it was irrational for a price-versus-annual earnings ratio to reach 50 times to buy an ordinary apartment in Beijing.
"It would be irrational for any state or any leader to ignore a market with a population of nearly 1.4 billion.
Besides Wang, some other high-level financial regulators also sent out warning messages after Chinese stocks entered a bullish territory on Monday, pointing out that an irrational investment rush may lead to huge fluctuations in the capital market.
"Risks arising from irrational fluctuations should not be ignored," stressed the bureau head, pointing to the greater probability of risks affecting the stock, foreign exchange and bond markets.
It is wrong to stimulate irrational consumption that they cannot afford," Liu said.
To ensure the safety of State assets and crack down on illegal and irrational activities, SASAC said it will deploy more resources to increase control of centrally administered SOEs' financial businesses and debt risk this year.
He also blamed such irrational behavior on an excessive desire to earn money and ignorance of the risks involved.
"The problem (of irrational investment) takes place in many other fields in the financial sector," Zeng said.
He said low financial capability could lead to excessive or irrational borrowing, citing some customers using P2P platforms' services without any understanding of how they operate.
Hong said the market has recovered from the previous irrational sell-off and will perform in response to regulators' practical measures, economic fundamentals and listed companies' performances.
Wen Bin, chief researcher at China Minsheng Banking Corp, said, "Affected by international financial market fluctuations and market expectations, the recent stock market slump was irrational and deviated from Chinese economic fundamentals, so the government took a number of measures to stabilize the capital markets.
This is an indication that top-level financial regulators are strengthening guidance on market expectations, to avoid irrational panic among investors, especially when uncertainties are rising amid trade tensions, said experts.
China's renminbi further strengthened against the US dollar on Monday, after the introduction of the central bank's new policy to prevent irrational sell-offs in the foreign exchange market.
It said that the country had resumed a "counter-cyclical factor" in the foreign exchange regime since August, to hedge against market's irrational sentiment toward a weaker yuan.
In May 2017, a "counter-cyclical factor" was introduced for the first time to the existing pricing model of the yuan's daily trading reference rate, aiming to moderate pro-cyclical fluctuations driven by irrational sentiment in the foreign exchange market.
There is no correlation between property tightening policies and first-home buyer loan rates, as the tightening policy was targeted at speculative investments and irrational demand, while first-home buyers buy properties to live in them, Zhang wrote in a note.
Even if there is continued irrational short selling in the sector, it will be a good opportunity for investors who eye long-term profits.
The move could also "restrain irrational financing activities and stabilize the macro leveraging level", according to the PBOC.
The official said the rise is conducive to narrowing the gap between open market operations and money market rates, forming reasonable interest rate expectations, curbing irrational financing practice and stabilizing macro leverage ratio.
In addition, China has cracked down on illegal capital transfers disguised as outbound investment, stepped up regulation of irrational overseas investment activities, and strengthened scrutiny over irregular forex purchases by individuals.
A "counter-cyclical factor" was introduced to the existing pricing model of the yuan's central parity rate against the dollar, aiming to moderate pro-cyclical fluctuations driven by irrational sentiment in the foreign exchange market.
To prevent outbound investment becoming irrational, China has put a brake on projects in areas including real estate, hotels, cinemas, and entertainment, while investment in sectors such as gambling has been banned.
In May 2017, authorities introduced the counter-cyclical adjustment factor to the existing pricing model of the yuan's central parity rate against the US dollar, aiming to moderate pro-cyclical fluctuations driven by irrational sentiment in the foreign exchange market.
Market-making banks might change the stance of the "counter-cyclical factor" in the event of irrational one-way movements on the forex market, according to the statement.
The People's Bank of China introduced the counter-cyclical factor last May in setting the daily reference rate of the yuan to curb irrational trading, market volatility and one-way substantial movement of the currency.
"We found enterprises and individuals now purchasing and selling the currency as they need, and irrational behavior betting on continued depreciation of the yuan has been curbed," she said.
"We found enterprises and individuals now purchase and sell the currency as they need, and irrational behaviors such asxa0moving out the money of the country in search of stronger returns have been curbed,"xa0she said.
The CIRC vowed to clamp down on illegal financing and equity investment by insurers, irrational mergers and acquisitions, speculative trading of stocks, radical investment in real estate through highly-leveraged and structured financial products as well as illegal overseas investment.
In the past year, China has cracked down on illegal capital transfers disguised as outbound investment, stepped up regulation of irrational overseas investment activities and strengthened scrutiny over irregular forex purchases by individuals.
Authorities have also introduced a "counter-cyclical factor" to the existing pricing model of the yuan's central parity rate against the dollar, aiming to moderate pro-cyclical fluctuations driven by irrational sentiment in the foreign exchange market.
Zheng Yudong, CEO of Polaris, the digital wealth-management and robo-advisory subsidiary of PINTEC, said: "Robo-advisers will help investors avoid financial losses caused by irrational investment behaviors, such as buying the winners and selling the losers, amid market fluctuations.
China's top foreign exchange regulator warned on Wednesday that systemic risk could possibly rise in the foreign exchange market due to unexpected fluctuations from irrational trading, as headwinds may get fiercer along with the deepened opening of financial sector.
He said that the foreign exchange reserve will remain a crucial tool to prevent irrational fluctuations, and hinted that there is no lower limit to the amount that should be held by the monetary authority.
He said the foreign exchange reserve will remain a crucial tool to prevent irrational fluctuations, and hinted that there is no lower limit to the amount that should be held by the monetary authority.
[Photo/China Daily]Enterprises violating overseas investment rules will be blacklisted and face 39 penalties imposed by the nation's top regulators as China takes further steps to curb irrational and unauthentic offshore investment moves.
In an exclusive interview with China Daily in September, an official from the National Development and Reform Commission said the central government will issue a slew of measures to refine the current steps to regulate irrational outbound investment.
The official said the government might loosen some of its grip on outbound investment in future if irrational outbound buying sprees are "effectively controlled".
Du Yan, executive director of the Asia-Pacific Future Financial Research Institute, said that the regulators' crackdown is "reasonable and just in time" to cool down the irrational investment and prevent potential financial risks.
Such irrational investment can lead to potential financial risks.
"It will help both startup owners and investors to stay away from irrational investment behavior.
"Monetary authorities said the factor has been introduced to moderate cyclical fluctuations driven by irrational sentiment in the foreign exchange market.
The previous market has been completely irrational, with speculators ignoring some fundamental elements such as inventory and supply and demand, Zhan said.
Apart from the valuation effect, easing capital outflow pressure since the beginning of the year has helped bolster forex reserves, where the government's strengthening of oversight over irrational investment in other countries has played a role, she said.
Efforts to reduce the leverage ratio in the entire financial market to prevent bubbles and irrational lending have helped to recover asset quality and reduce NPL risks, CITIC Securities said in its note.
In December, regulatory bodies released a document outlining plans to tighten controls over "irrational outbound investment".
China's outbound foreign direct investment dropped sharply in the first two months of 2017 as Chinese regulators set stricter rules to crack down on irrational and illegal outbound investment activities amid mounting pressure of capital outflow.
"China's forex market is easily influenced by irrational expectations and spurred by inertia, due to a certain level of "pro-cyclicality," which distorts market demand and supply, and magnifies the risk of exchange rate overcorrection, the CFETS said in a statement.
Trading in index options will bring more arbitrage opportunities for investors, and will reduce the irrational fluctuations in the stock market, said an insider from the National Equities Exchange and Quotations, who declined to be named.
China's foreign exchange market is prone to the "habitual influences of irrational expectations" and one-way market expectations can sometimes be exaggerated, failing to reflect the real relationship between market supply and demand, the statement said.
"The main role of the factor will be redressing the abnormal changes in the foreign exchange rate of the yuan due to irrational market sentiment," said Chen Jianheng, an analyst at China International Capital Corp. As seen in the yuan's rate against the dollar since April, the deviation between the yuan's closing rate and its central parity rate has been widening, with the closing rate most of the time weaker, said Chen.
However, irrational speculation, illegal transfer of assets, and fake transactions all disrupt China's foreign exchange and financial markets, causing State-owned asset losses and hurting national interests.