His course is just a
pyramid of piffle.
他的课废话连篇。
The food
pyramid helps us stay healthy.
食物金字塔帮助我们健康饮食。
The company aims to serve the bottom of the pyramid (BoP), the people who live on less than $2 dollars a day.
As the foundational platform for the construction of the national innovation system, a comprehensive national scientific center and a science and technology innovation center are located at the top of the pyramid of the national innovation system and are referred to as the "pearls on the crown of scientific research".
The Shanghai Head Office of the People's Bank of China said in a financial briefing on Oct 16 that it had found alarming signs of possible financial fraud in the sneaker trade, including illegal fund-raising, illegal use of public deposits and illegal pyramid schemes.
Authorities on Jan 7 detained 18 suspects on charges of pyramid selling and false advertising related to the Tianjin-based Quanjian Nature Medicine Technology Department.
Senior executives of another health company in Hebei province were also detained on Jan 16 on suspicion of organizing pyramid schemes.
The 1980s: Time for a snackAccording to the theory of human needs propounded by eminent US psychologist Abraham Maslow in the 1940s-a list of 'must haves' depicted in a pyramid with the most basic needs like safety at the bottom, ranging to self-actualization at the top-food is a dominant, core imperative.
Cui expects the segment to gradually develop into a healthier pyramid shape with a growing number of new product launches from carmakers such as GM, Hyundai, Toyota and Volkswagen.
"In terms of automobile industry, there is no doubt that F1 is the top of the industry pyramid.
The United States has, under its Indo-Pacific Strategy, vigorously promoted the Indo-Pacific digital strategy, built a common values-based consensus centered on the idea of "democracy", implanted common values of "freedom and openness" in the Indo-Pacific digital space, and established multidimensional and multifunctional technical alliances and partnerships, in an attempt to build a technical rules system featuring a "layered pyramid" of de-Sinicization.
Such activities may also stimulate other illegal activities such as gambling, illegal fundraising, fraud, pyramid schemes and money laundering, according to a statement released on the central bank's website.
With a focus on combating and preventing illegal fundraising and pyramid schemes - two types of crime common in recent years - face-to-face consultations were organized and online presentations were launched to illustrate the methods of illegal fundraising.
A PBOC statement said ICO, in essence, is a way of "unauthorized and illegal public fundraising" which is suspected of being associated with illegal activities like financial fraud and pyramid schemes.
Such platforms "pose risks including illegal offerings, false information, fraud and pyramid schemes", the PBOC sources were quoted as saying by Xinhua News Agency.
Overseas ICO transaction platforms pose risks including illegal offerings, false information, fraud and pyramid schemes, according to the People's Bank of China (PBOC).
"ICOs, in essence, are a kind of unauthorized and illegal public fundraising and are suspected of having ties to criminal activities such as financial fraud and pyramid schemes," according to an earlier statement from the central bank.
"ICOs, in essence, are a kind of unauthorized and illegal public fundraising, which are suspected of being related to criminal activities such as financial fraud and pyramid schemes," according to an earlier statement from the central bank.
Lin said a stranger called and faxed a wanted poster, claiming the company had been involved in a pyramid scheme and demanded an immediate check of their bank accounts.
"ICOs, in essence, are a type of unauthorized and illegal public fundraising suspected of being related to criminal activities such as financial fraud and pyramid schemes," the People's Bank of China (PBOC) said.
"ICOs, in essence, are a type of unauthorized and illegal public fundraising that is suspected of being related to criminal activities such as financial fraud and pyramid schemes," the People's Bank of China (PBOC) said.
The announcement said that ICOs are unauthorized, unlawful fundraising that have allegedly engaged in illegal activities such as the illicit issuance of bills, financial fraud and pyramid schemes.
"ICOs, in essence, are a kind of unauthorized and illegal public fundraising, which is suspected of being related to criminal activities such as financial fraud and pyramid schemes," the statement said.
The PBOC warned that some institutes and companies promoting digital currency are likely perpetrating pyramid schemes or other fraud.
Issued by the Jiangsu Internet Finance Association in April, a report on Chinese internet pyramid schemes observed that there are over a dozen digital currencies in China, all of which are "illegal pyramid schemes in the disguise of digital currencies.
"In May, a court in Peixian county, Jiangsu province sentenced a man to four years in prison for organizing a pyramid scheme in the name of promoting "Markcoin" and "Vikcoin. "
Cases of illegal fund-raising, pyramid selling, online peer-to-peer fraud, securities and futures crime, counterfeit money and bank card fraud have infringed on the interests of investors and undermined market stability.
The proposed draft prohibits actions such as cheating in exams, orchestrating pyramid schemes, impeding the safe operation of public transport vehicles, and dropping objects from buildings.