Eric had a narrow escape in a car accident.
埃里克在一次车祸中侥幸脱险。
Tony's way of looking at the world is very narrow and misses a lot of life's variety and color.
托尼观察世界的方法很狭隘，因而他往往看不到生活的多样性及其绚丽的色彩。
Alice was chambered in a narrow basement.
爱丽丝被关进一个狭窄的地下室里。
The narrow path led through the dense forest.
这条狭窄的小路穿过茂密的森林。
The alley between the buildings was so narrow that two people could hardly walk side by side.
两栋建筑之间的巷子如此狭窄，两个人几乎无法并排走。
She managed to squeeze through the narrow opening in the fence.
她设法挤过了篱笆上的狭窄开口。
The window was too narrow for him to climb through.
窗户太窄，他爬不过去。
The road narrows significantly after the bridge.
桥后道路明显变窄。
The river
narrowed as it approached the waterfall.
河流在接近瀑布时变窄了。
The definition of art is often narrowly interpreted by critics.
艺术的定义常常被评论家狭隘地解释。
The debate on climate change has become increasingly polarized and narrow-minded.
关于气候变化的辩论变得越来越两极分化和狭隘。
The company's profit margins are very narrow, leaving little room for error.
该公司的利润空间非常小，几乎没有犯错的余地。
The definition of success can be quite narrow in our society, often equating it solely with financial wealth.
在我们的社会中，成功的定义可能相当狭窄，常常将其仅仅等同于财务财富。
Previously on Sunday, Evergrande posted a net loss of 39.25 billion yuan for the first half of 2023, which narrowed remarkably from the reading of 86 billion yuan a year ago.
此前的周日，恒大公布2023年上半年净亏损392.5亿元，与一年前的860亿元相比大幅收窄。
Commercial operationsThough the CCUS project is regarded as a viable way to realize carbon neutrality in the energy sector, it faces issues in making profits and in narrow application scenarios.
商业运营尽管CCUS项目被认为是能源领域实现碳中和的可行途径，但它在盈利和应用场景狭窄方面面临问题。
"In the first two months of this year, the sales area in the nation decreased by 3.6 percent, but the declining margin has remarkably narrowed in comparison with the double-digit decline of last year.
“今年前两个月，全国销售面积下降了3.6%，但与去年两位数的降幅相比，降幅明显缩小。
Apple CEO Tim Cook said on Saturday he was impressed by how technology has greatly changed the education sector and narrowed the rural and urban digital divide worldwide, including in China.
苹果公司首席执行官蒂姆·库克周六表示，技术极大地改变了教育部门，缩小了包括中国在内的全球农村和城市数字鸿沟，这给他留下了深刻印象。
Despite the clarification statement, Sai MicroElectronics' shares，which are listed in Shenzhen, surged as much as nearly 11 percent on Friday morning before the rise narrowed to about 7 percent.
尽管有澄清声明，但在深圳上市的赛微电子的股价在周五上午飙升了近11%，随后涨幅收窄至约7%。
Though down by 17 percent year-on-year, the decrease was narrowed from a 23 percent drop in the first quarter.
尽管同比下降了17%，但降幅较第一季度的23%有所收窄。
The successful development of HiMurchaSin has narrowed the gap in raw materials R&D between domestic beauty companies and foreign enterprises, giving Jala a competitive edge in the cosmetics market.
HiMurchaSin的成功开发缩小了国内美容公司与国外企业在原材料研发方面的差距，使Jala在化妆品市场上具有竞争优势。
China's overseas vaccine production facilities, as part of the second-largest economy's caring moves in ways of infrastructure and healthcare, are playing a major role in helping "narrow the COVID-19 prevention gap between nations", said Deng Boqing, vice-chairman of the China International Development Cooperation Agency during the 2022 annual meeting of the Boao Forum in Hainan province in April.
邓伯清表示，作为第二大经济体在基础设施和医疗保健方面的关爱行动的一部分，中国的海外疫苗生产设施在帮助“缩小国家间新冠肺炎预防差距”方面发挥着重要作用，4月，在海南省举行的博鳌论坛2022年年会上，中国国际开发合作署副主席。
This is also a historical moment to narrow the gap with developed countries, said Du Xiangwan, an energy expert at the Chinese Academy of Engineering, during the recently held China Carbon Neutrality Forum 2022 Summit.
中国工程院能源专家杜向万在最近举行的2022年中国碳中和论坛峰会上表示，这也是缩小与发达国家差距的历史时刻。
Adidas China stood at 14.8 percent, as Anta narrowed the gap with Nike China.
阿迪达斯中国区的份额为14.8%，安踏缩小了与耐克中国区的差距。
Zhu said profits of equipment and consumer goods manufacturers accounted for a larger part of total profits in November, which has helped narrow the gap.
朱说，设备和消费品制造商的利润在11月的利润总额中占了很大一部分，这有助于缩小差距。
"Together, these will provide next-generation digital public solutions to achieve the balanced development of global digital economy and narrow the digital gap," he said.
他说：“这些将共同提供下一代数字公共产品，以实现全球数字经济的均衡发展，并缩小数字鸿沟。”
The company said it will increase investment in science and technology, support less-developed areas, micro, small and medium-sized enterprises, and agriculture, as well as provide diversified vocational training, improve insurance protection for flexible workers such as couriers and ride-hailing drivers, and narrow the digital divide.
该公司表示，它将增加对科技的投资，支持欠发达地区、小微企业及农业的发展，并提供多样化的职训培训。同时，它将提升对灵活就业人员如快递员和网约车司机等的保险保障，并努力缩小数字鸿沟。
The company said it will increase investment in science and technology, support digital construction in less developed areas, small and medium-sized enterprises and agriculture, provide diversified vocational training and narrow the digital divide.
该公司表示，它将增加对科技的投资，支持在欠发达地区的数字基础设施建设，助力中小企业和农业的发展，提供多样化的专业培训，并努力缩小数字鸿沟。
It ushered in a strong rebound last year, with total revenue of 1.13 billion yuan, which narrowed the year-on-year decline mainly caused by the pandemic to 9.9 percent.
该公司去年实现了强劲反弹，总收入达到113亿元人民币，将主要由疫情导致的同比下滑幅度收窄至9.9%。
The move came as the US tech giant is working to narrow the education gap between urban and rural areas through targeted and influential initiatives and use technology to better empower children in poor regions.
这一举措正值美国科技巨头努力通过有针对性和影响力的倡议来缩小城乡教育差距，并利用技术更好地为贫困地区的儿童赋能之际。
"Building more infrastructure facilities such as bridges and railroads in BRI economies can help narrow the gap between landlocked areas and coastal regions, he said.
他称，建设更多基础设施，如一带一路经济体的桥梁和铁路，可以帮助缩小内陆地区与沿海地区的差距。
The declines in key indicators of SOEs further narrowed during the first half, showing that their recovery momentum has consolidated, the ministry said.
He further narrowed down his choice.
"China has narrowed the gap with the USA at the top of the Hurun Global Rich List, from 13 down to 11", said Rupert Hoogewerf, Hurun Report chairman and chief researcher.
There will be:(1) A slowdown in economic activity, both in China and globally(2) Client meetings will not be in-person, which will hurt new customers(3) A quick switch to a work-at-home environment, which has its own limitations including slow internet speed and workspaces being shared with family(4) Increased employee concerns around uncertainties in life, family and jobsHowever, we have found using technologies such as video conferencing, online authorization and cloud computing helped us narrow the gap very quickly.
There are many old, narrow paths in the old town of Seville, which are inaccessible to automobiles, according to Hu.
It also helps to further narrow the gap in clinical nutrition treatment.
Chinese shipbuilders are starting to shine by being competitive in quality, technology, speed and price, and have considerably narrowed the gap between Chinese shipyards and the world's top shipbuilders, Wu added.
Before the business expansion, Oliver Wyman's China business had a narrow focus including financial services and auto manufacturing.
But digitalization is fueling fresh momentum and can help us narrow the gap sooner," he said.
To solve the dilemma, scientists from Scitop Bio-tech searched through the ancient trade routes in China, Mongolia, Russia, and separated lactic acid bacteria from traditional fermented dairy products, where they successfully collected 14,341 probiotic strains, and greatly narrowed the gap of R&D ability with foreign probiotic companies.
In September 2018, Feihe and the China National Institute of Standardization launched a fresh formula standards system to narrowed the gaps between domestic dairy producers and international leading players.
The cranes for the Russian market are developed to withstand low-temperature weather, whilst those for Southeast Asia can adapt to narrow construction areas and local humid environment.
Wang Tianxiang, general manager of Shanxi Taigang Stainless Steel Precision Strip Co Ltd, a subsidiary of TISCO, said in the past only a few countries such as Germany and Japan could produce thin steel sheets, in a narrow shape and width of 350 mm to 400mm.
It aims to narrow the gap between cities and rural areas.
""A small group of politicians put their own narrow political interests above their community.
These nominees were narrowed down into 44 finalists, and then separated into nine categories covering areas such as sustainability, innovation and inspiring women.
In 2017, the company's net loss narrowed by 31 percent to 249 million yuan, and that of the first six months of this year was 129 million yuan.
The US-listed JD's American depositary receipts initially fell more than 7 percent on Tuesday, then narrowed its decline and closed down around 6 percent at below $30, its lowest in the past year and a half, the report said.
Therefore, the industry needs to change the previous distribution channels, so that the distance between the production and the consumer is as narrow as possible.
One of the pains people are facing when travelling to and from the airport is that at times they would miss flights because of using a narrow road, Wamala said.
Therefore, the industry needs to change the previous distribution channel, so the distance between the production and consumer end is as narrow as possible.
"The company should grasp the opportunity of accelerated gas demand growth, increase its domestic gas production and try to renegotiate legacy contracts to get more favorable prices to narrow losses from importing LNG and pipeline gas.
The growth of Chinese brands extends beyond the technology sector as the country continues to narrow the value gap with the United States at an impressive rate, the report said.
Now we have narrowed down to 15 technologies that actually work.
"We are moving forward to more efficient narrow gauge lines to be driven by the private sector, it's on the basis of this that we are creating a more conducive environment for private sector participation," the Nigerian leader said.
Gu was in Punta del Este, a resort city on a narrow peninsula in southeast Uruguay, for the 11th China-Latin America and the Caribbean (China-LAC) Business Summit, which ended Saturday.
"Narrow band IoT is the latest IoT battlefield that global telecom carriers are scrambling for so they can establish a beachhead," said Xiang Ligang, chief executive of telecom industry website Cctime.
In a report published in May, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology encouraged narrow band IoT's commercial use in industrial internet and urban public service and management.
For, in the emerging cobot R&D, only a narrow gap separates Chinese makers and foreign manufacturers.
For instance, it can derive intelligent algorithm to narrow users' shopping intentions via Tmall and its sister platforms and forecast prospective sought-after items.
When a friend from Zhejiang province visited me, I found a room in a Beijing hutong (traditional Chinese houses in narrow lanes).
On the other hand, the pipeline also diversifies China's oil and gas imports, which will no longer have to pass through the Malacca Straits, a narrow channel that connects the Indian Ocean with the Pacific Ocean.
com, said as Chinese heavyweights narrow the technology gap with Western counterparts, more companies will expand their overseas footprint in the future.
In addition to business reruns, Xiao said Chinese companies' participation in the Belt and Road Initiative can help narrow the gap between landlocked areas and coastal countries and regions, thus bringing more benefits to participating economies.
Li Li, energy research director at ICIS China, said with the new pipeline, China's oil and gas imports will no longer have to pass through the Malacca Straits, a narrow channel that connects the Indian Ocean with the Pacific Ocean.
"Our experience in deploying one of the world's largest information networks in China can help narrow the digital gap.
The fall in enterprises profits narrowed, which is good for manufacturing investment, and the rising profits of industrial enterprises drove the enthusiasm of enterprise investment, said Liu Xiangdong, chief analyst at investment management agency Eastern Spring Capital.
The decline in prices of pork - a staple for Chinese dinner tables - narrowed from 31.8 percent in November to 26.1 percent in December.
Dong Lijuan, a NBS statistician, said the narrowed year-on-year decline in CPI as well as the month-on-month growth in CPI came mainly due to multiple factors including cold weather and the increase in pre-holiday consumer demand.
Exports are also likely to pick up amid improving global demand for electronics and technology products, Wang said, adding that the weak property sector's drag on the economy may narrow as real estate development investment may stabilize and pick up in the second half of the year.
Before 2014, the narrow fiscal deficit ratio and the broad fiscal deficit ratio remained essentially consistent.
Although the gap has since narrowed, there is potential for a significant increase in the broad deficit ratio this year.
Therefore, alongside monitoring the narrow deficit ratio, attention must be paid to the constraints posed by the broad deficit ratio, which may to some extent limit the space for fiscal policies to drive economic growth.
Among the 41 major industrial sectors surveyed, 33 witnessed improvements such as accelerated growth, narrowed profit declines and year-on-year growth in profits during the first 11 months, NBS data showed.
Among the 41 major industrial sectors surveyed, 33 saw improvements like accelerated growth, narrowed profit declines or year-on-year growth in their profits during the first 11 months.
With major policy efforts from the government and a partial correction, the decline in real estate investment in 2024 is expected to narrow sharply.
Among the 41 major industrial sectors surveyed, 30 saw improvements such as accelerated growth, narrowed profit declines, or year-on-year growth in their profits during the first ten months.
"This is important because it helps countries to have an idea of the gap and then work out a plan to narrow that gap, he said, adding that his funding organization can then invest in what these countries have defined in their plans.
Wu Xiaoqiu, former vice-president of the Renmin University of China, said the scope for using stimulus to boost growth has narrowed and policymakers must use it in crucial areas, adding that the country's total government debt burden is close to the average level seen in developed economies based on some calculations.
"But trying to make everything at home, or among a narrow circle of friends, would not just cost countries the efficiency and income gains brought about by international trade, it would increase their vulnerability to localized shocks, whether from extreme weather, public health crises or other unforeseen events.
In the first nine months, profits slid 9 percent from a year earlier, but the drop narrowed by 7.8 percentage points and 12.4 percentage points, respectively, from that of the first half and the first quarter.
"Among the country's 41 major industrial sectors, 25 saw accelerated profit growth or narrowed the decline in the first three quarters.
"Notably, the latest NBS data showed that the raw material manufacturing industry saw profits decline narrow by 18.8 percentage points in the first three quarters compared with the first half.
Wen Bin, chief economist at China Minsheng Bank, said that the profit decline of major industrial companies is expected to narrow continuously.
"The year-on-year decline in the producer price index continues to narrow, and such price factors will support industrial profits.
Although the executive order claims that it only restricts investments in a "narrow set of technologies" that are most likely to threaten US national security, the order and relevant US investigations will still inevitably have a negative impact, including spillovers, on all the cross-border investments in China.
China's consumer inflation remained flat in September while the decline in factory-gate prices further narrowed, pointing to still-weak domestic demand amid signs of stabilization, thus shoring up the case for further measures to bolster the world's second-largest economy, experts said on Friday.
Looking forward, Liu said consumer inflation will steadily rebound in the fourth quarter amid the continued economic recovery trend, steady recovery in demand and abundant supply of products and services, with the decline in factory-gate prices expected to narrow further.
Dong said the year-on-year decline in PPI has narrowed due to factors including improved demand for industrial products and the international oil price spikes.
This phenomenon presents opportunities for developing nations to narrow their gap with developed economies and emerge as significant players in the global digital economy.
Supporting the recovery, consumer prices returned to growth territory in August and the decline of producer prices narrowed for a second consecutive month, pointing to an improved supply-demand balance.
As manufacturers' purchasing activity recovers while commodity prices rally, the country's inflation may also recover, with the year-on-year decline in the producer price index, a gauge of factory-gate prices, likely to narrow from 3 percent in August to about 2.4 percent in September, said Wen Bin, chief economist at China Minsheng Bank.
"Looking ahead, the decline in industrial profits will continue to narrow in the first nine months given the improvement in producer prices and the base effect," said Zheng Houcheng, chief macro economist at Yingda Securities.
He said that as the producer price index is poised to rebound from the bottom gradually, declines in industrial profits will further narrow in the near future.
Among the 41 major industrial sectors surveyed, 30 saw improvements such as accelerated growth, narrowed profit declines or year-on-year growth in their profits during the first eight months.
"Looking forward, Zhang expects the CPI to continue to edge up, while the decline in the PPI will narrow further.
The decrease narrowed from a 4.4-percent decline in July to a 5.4-percent drop registered in June.
Dong said the year-on-year decline in PPI has narrowed due to factors including improved demand for some industrial products and the international oil price spikes.
The country's intensified policy efforts to alleviate the burden of enterprises have helped major industrial firms to narrow profit declines for the fifth consecutive month in July.
He said more efforts are needed to effectively raise the take-home pay of middle- and low-income groups, narrow income disparities among households, and further improve the social security system.
In addition, over the past decade, the net interest margins of China's commercial banks have continued to narrow, with the return on capital declining sharply and share prices remaining modest.
"Sourabh Gupta, a senior fellow at the Washington-based Institute for China-America Studies, told China Daily that "the room for negotiations on the US' dual-use technology controls regime is a narrow one".
The decline in China's industrial profits narrowed for the fifth straight month in July, thanks to improved corporate profitability and steady recovery in industrial production, official data showed on Sunday.
Industrial profits have narrowed their declines month by month since the beginning of this year, Sun Xiao, a statistician at the NBS, said in a statement on Sunday, adding that efforts will focus on implementing macro policies in a precise manner to expand effective demand, boost market confidence, stimulate market vitality and promote continued recovery in the industrial economy.
"Fu pointed out that consumer price growth will gradually return to a reasonable level and the price decline at the factory gate will further narrow, propelled by the positive trajectory of the broader economy.
And the reduction of Guangdong's foreign trade in the first seven months has narrowed by 0.2 percentage points when comparing to the figure recorded in the first half of the year, said the statement.
该声明表示，与今年上半年的数据相比，广东省前七个月的外贸降幅已经收窄了0.2个百分点。
Wen Bin, chief economist at China Minsheng Bank, said he expects the contraction in the PPI to continue to narrow with a lower base.
"The EMDCs should create an open, fair and non-discriminatory environment for the digital economy, to narrow the global digital divide and give more people access to the benefits of scientific and technological achievements," said Wang.
NBS data showed China's industrial firms narrowed profit declines for a third consecutive month in May.
WTO-led accord, once implemented, seen boosting biz, investment, parityThe Investment Facilitation for Development Agreement, the world's first multilateral investment accord under the aegis of the World Trade Organization, will better safeguard outbound investment made by Chinese businesses, narrow the gap between the Global North and Global South, and further shore up the confidence of investors worldwide, the Ministry of Commerce said on Friday.
Foreign financial institutions will provide higher-quality and more diverse financial services for Chinese consumers, which will help narrow the country's gap with developed economies, Dong said.
There is a huge infrastructure gap in Honduras that needs to be narrowed in order to meet the needs of people's lives and business development.
The price was 12.1 percent lower year-on-year, and the decline narrowed by 0.1 percentage points from a week earlier, the data reveals.