We begin to mute their voices.
我们开始压低嗓门。
She sat mute.
他她着，一言不发。
Mary became mute after a shock.
玛丽遭受了一次电击后失声了。
Growth in global milk supply seems muted and the global supply of whole milk powder is looking constrained.
China Tower, the world's largest telecommunications tower operator, got off to a muted start on its first day of trading in Hong Kong, replicating the ill-timed debuts of companies like Ping An Good Doctor and Xiaomi as the protracted Sino-US trade friction continued to affect on market sentiment.
But, as escalating Sino-US trade tensions cast a shadow over the city's stock market, analysts said the company could face a tough reality check amid muted investor demand and lackluster market performance.
Cheung warned the muted demand for Xiaomi's flotation is likely to make Meituan-Dianping's ride a bumpy one.
Also, a privately surveyed manufacturing PMI that is more oriented to small and medium-sized enterprises, published by media group Caixin on Sunday, slipped from 51 in August to 50.6 in September as employment declined amid muted business confidence.
The Fed's aggressive rate increases since last year have the potential to stress the global financial system as the US dollar soars, but the impact has been muted by largely synchronized central bank rate hikes and other actions taken by monetary authorities to prevent widespread dollar funding issues for companies and offset the impact of weakening currencies.
"I think China still has enough policy space to provide support to the economy," Srinivasan said, given that inflation is muted in country.
Monetary policy accommodation is necessary amid muted inflationary pressure, he added.
Considering factors including muted inflation, Lu said Beijing is likely to maintain its policy-easing stance in 2023.
The industrial chain operates regularly, and the supply shock is relatively muted compared with other countries.
Robin Xing, chief China economist at Morgan Stanley, warned in a recent note regarding China's economic outlook that COVID-19 disruptions have somehow "eroded the effectiveness of policy easing, and muted demand more than supply", suggesting overall policy intensity will increase.
Analysis from Bank of America Securities earlier this week found a muted impact from COVID-19 on supply chains, including autos and semiconductors, it said.
Even if we put aside economic definitions, it's easy to understand that consumers will be more willing to spend in a society with fewer worries over living costs and muted complaints about wealth disparities.
"Looking ahead to the second quarter, we expect an even more challenging sales environment and anticipate overall sequential demand and deliveries to decrease as competition continues to accelerate and the general automobile market in China remains muted," Louis T. Hsieh, Nio's chief financial officer, said in a statement.
Due to rising inflation and lengthening of the smartphone refresh cycle, IDC expects 2Q22 also to remain muted, while smartphone supplies gradually return to normal, resulting in a slower 1H22 compared to 72 million shipments in 1H21," said Navkendar Singh, research director of Client Devices at IDC India.
Investors in gold should increase their holdings of the precious metal to beat multiple uncertainties, experts said on Monday, even as prices have turned volatile recently due to escalated geopolitical tensions and a muted global economic outlook.
China should take advantage of muted inflation and a low-interest rate environment to promote "leapfrog development" in economic restructuring, Pan said, and he called for targeted macroeconomic adjustments to boost technological innovation and emerging sectors.
Experts: Central bank's goal is boost to consumer spending as inflation mildChina's monetary policy is expected to stay accommodative to boost consumer spending as inflationary pressures remain muted, experts said on Monday.
"Inflation remains under control and we do not expect it to exceed the PBOC's 3 percent target, thanks to more muted demand than elsewhere and a strong renminbi.
"The first bounce is the greatest while subsequent bounces are a bit more muted.
However, it appears that the impact of the easing so far has remained muted," said Kuijs.
21 stocks declined on Tuesday; experts forecast volatile near-term performanceAfter an explosive first day when the first 25 companies on the STAR Market at the Shanghai Stock Exchange soared an average of 140 percent for the session, their second-day performance was more muted.
A statement from the US Federal Open Market Committee removed any reference to "further gradual increases" in the federal funds target rate from its official statement, emphasizing it plans to be "patient" about future increases in view of "muted" inflation.
Despite muted demand from retail investors and a sustained stock market downturn, Chinese mainland smartphone maker Xiaomi remains on track to debut in Hong Kong next Monday.
As for monetary policy, the policy stance can remain accommodative in much of the region given that inflation is generally still muted.
China's sovereign bonds showed muted moves on Nov 20, with the benchmark 10-year yield rising one basis point to 3.97 percent.
"Since the initial inclusion is small relative to the overall A-shares market capitalization, the near term impact will likely be muted.