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。
This marked the third consecutive month of declines for the gauge, but the drop in May was narrower compared with the 0.3-point decrease in April, said the China Association of Small and Medium Enterprises.
中国中小企业协会表示，这标志着该指标连续第三个月下降，但与4月份的0.3个百分点相比，5月份的降幅较小。
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。
The decline was narrower than the previous two quarters despite the continued weak demand.
尽管需求持续疲软，但降幅较前两个季度收窄。
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。
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。
The company also saw a Non-GAAP net loss of 1.89 billion yuan in Q1, significantly narrower than that of 3.17 billion yuan in the same period in 2020.
该公司第一季度的非GAAP净亏损为18.9亿元人民币，显著小于2020年同期的31.7亿元人民币。
During the same period, Victoria's Secret same-store sales dropped 3 percent year-on-year, while the decline was significantly narrower on a quarterly basis, according to its earnings report.
根据其财报，在同一期间，维多利亚的秘密同店销售下降了3%，但按季度计算，这一降幅明显收窄。
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。
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.
In the fourth quarter of 2019, the Nasdaq-listed company saw a narrower operating loss of 2.14 billion yuan, compared to 2.79 billion yuan in the previous quarter and 2.64 billion yuan in the fourth quarter of 2018.
It also helps to further narrow the gap in clinical nutrition treatment.
"Using the digital tool, we noticed surging interest from the United States in bathroom cabinets that are longer and narrower than our existing models," said Ding Gefeng, general manager of Hangzhou Home Dee Sanitary Ware Co Ltd. "That has prompted us to devise new models to secure new orders. "
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.
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.
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.
I think the other key thing is being prepared to evolve as the country goes through different stages, and to plan with a very long horizon as opposed to a narrower and shorter horizon.
"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.
When it comes to the mobile phone business, the company saw a narrower loss, with more efforts made to sharpen their focus on user experience.
The amended version proposes a narrower class of plaintiffs that includes engineering, research, management, sales and teaching staff.
"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 the six months ended on June 30, 2017, BEST's revenue was $1.2 billion, up 133.5 percent from the same six months a year ago, while its net losses for the six months ended on June 30 were $92.1 million, 1.06 percent narrower than the year-ago period, according to the company's filing.
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.
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.
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.
With major policy efforts from the government and a partial correction, the decline in real estate investment in 2024 is expected to narrow sharply.
"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.
"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.
"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.
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.
This phenomenon presents opportunities for developing nations to narrow their gap with developed economies and emerge as significant players in the global digital economy.
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.
Khor is among the international experts who have strengthened their confidence in China's ability to achieve this year's growth target after the country registered encouraging economic data for August, ranging from faster retail sales to narrower export declines.
"The country's CPI resumed positive growth on a yearly basis in August, which Fu attributed to increasing services prices and a narrower decline in the prices of industrial consumer goods.
"Looking forward, Zhang expects the CPI to continue to edge up, while the decline in the PPI will narrow further.
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".
"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.
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.
Industrial firms with annual main business revenue of at least 20 million yuan ($2.76 million) each reported a 12.6 percent fall from a year ago, but the decline was 5.6 percentage points narrower than in April, according to the NBS.
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.
Even though the fall in the property sector could narrow, the upward trend of the long real estate cycle of more than 20 years has come to an end.
The company will also strive to narrow the gap between itself and the new generation of young mothers through new media marketing, joint intellectual property activities and private domain marketing this year.
As opportunities and challenges coexist, it is necessary to further narrow the price gap between the domestic and foreign markets, and provide more attractive value-added services.
Although the figure was a year-on-year decrease of 1.5 percent, the decrease was 2.3 percentage points narrower than that recorded in December, a statement released by the bureau said on Monday.
Government services will become more convenient and timely for enterprises and narrow the gap with developed regions.
The development of the digital economy can help guarantee women's employment rights and realize self-fulfillment; narrow the gender gap between developed and undeveloped regions, cities and rural areas; and help more women obtain deserved development opportunities.
"Last month, total retail sales in China fell 1.8 percent year-on-year, and the decline was 4.1 percentage points narrower than the decrease recorded in November.
In particular, per capita disposable income of rural residents is expected to reach 55,000 yuan, and the income ratio between urban and rural residents is expected to further narrow, dropping to lower than 1.9.
Therefore, it is particularly urgent to further narrow the gap and increase the proportion of the incomes of low- and middle-income groups.
Investment growth is expected to remain robust this year thanks to infrastructure construction supported by high-speed railway projects, manufacturing investment driven by high-tech sectors, and a narrower slide in real estate development investment, Hu said.
Zheng added that the country needs to implement detailed measures to improve basic public services, narrow the gap between the rich and the poor and better meet people's growing and diversified demand for high-quality products and services.
Experts said the massive stimulus policies in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic by developed economies and their current tightening monetary policies to fight off record-high inflation have left narrow policy space for countries in the world to support economic recovery and societal development.
It is time that we start, as soon as possible, to promote common prosperity and narrow the gaps.
If the gap in competence narrows, the income gap between people will narrow accordingly.
"Joseph Matthews, a senior professor at the BELTEI International University in Phnom Penh, said that the RCEP has been giving a big boost to economic recovery of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in the post-pandemic era, and has also played a crucial role in helping narrow the development gap between rich and poor ASEAN countries.
Economic growth to remain at core of policies, say officials and expertsChina will prioritize high-quality development and keep economic development at the core of policies in the next five years while refining regulations to narrow income gaps, officials and experts said on Monday.
At this stage, if the city wants to accelerate development and constantly narrow the gap with developed regions, it needs to realize industrial transformation and upgrade by giving full play to resource advantages," Li said.
With the gradual restoration of overseas production and macroeconomic stimulus in many economies taking effect, the gap between supply and demand faced by most countries began to narrow in 2021.
However, under the combined effect of active reactions by a complete industrial chain and the timely implementation of policies, the decline of various economic indicators began to narrow in May, and then turned from declines to increases in June, which deeply reflects the strong resilience of the Chinese economy.
Retail sales, a major indicator of consumption strength, continued falling in May but saw a narrower decline of 6.7 percent, thanks to the gradual improvement of domestic demand.
Profits of China's major industrial companies saw a narrower decline in May as factories in the world's second-largest economy restarted production lines as business sentiments improved, official data showed Monday.
- Profits of China's major industrial companies saw a narrower decline in May as factories have restarted production lines amid improving business activities, official data showed Monday.
As major players in the digital economy, China and India should work with other BRICS countries to strengthen cooperation in the digital industry, narrow the digital divide, and empower the transformation and upgrades of traditional industries with technological innovation, so as to support the high-quality development of the world's digital economy, Zheng said.
On the PPI front, citing self-sufficient grain supply, ample coal resources and measures aiming to stabilize prices, Meng expected the PPI rise to further narrow, despite geopolitical disruptions in the international energy and grain market.
The index saw its decline narrow from the previous month, but still made the fourth consecutive month of fall for the gauge, the lowest since 2021, said the China Association of Small and Medium Enterprises.
Also, China is seeking a consumption-driven economy, which is consistent with the goal of realizing common prosperity proposed by many top documents, as the goal is to ultimately narrow the income gap, increase the proportion of middle-income earners and promote better public services, which are all conducive to consumption growth.
As external demand weakens and supply-side constraints persist, the current account surplus is projected to narrow to 1.3 percent of GDP in 2022.