Mary's weakening - ask her some more questions and see if she confesses.
玛丽快挺不住了——再问她些问题看她会不会坦白。
To weaken my ability.
削弱我的能力。
The prolonged illness had
weakened his immune system.
长时间的疾病削弱了他的免疫系统。
The company's market position was
weakened by fierce competition.
激烈的竞争削弱了公司的市场地位。
Lack of sleep can weaken your cognitive function.
缺乏睡眠会削弱你的认知功能。
The dollar has
weakened against major currencies in recent months.
近几个月来，美元对主要货币贬值。
Prolonged exposure to the sun weakens the fabric.
长时间暴露在阳光下会使布料变弱。
Regular exercise can help strengthen your heart and weaken the risk of disease.
定期锻炼有助于增强心脏功能并降低患病风险。
His argument was
weakened by the lack of concrete evidence.
由于缺乏具体证据，他的论点被削弱了。
The team's morale was
weakened after several consecutive losses.
连续几次失败后，团队的士气受到了削弱。
Overuse of antibiotics can weaken their effectiveness in fighting bacteria.
过度使用抗生素会削弱它们对抗细菌的有效性。
The scandal significantly
weakened the public's trust in the government.
这一丑闻大大削弱了公众对政府的信任。
Waidzunas said that while the overall consumer demand might weaken, there is an opportunity to offer affordable products that resonate with consumers.
Waidzunas表示，虽然整体消费者需求可能会减弱，但有机会提供能引起消费者共鸣的平价产品。
Corporate revenues were boosted despite facing headwinds, including the lingering COVID-19 pandemic, disrupted supply chains, weakened consumer sentiment and rising production costs.
尽管面临不利因素，包括持续的新冠肺炎疫情、供应链中断、消费者情绪减弱和生产成本上升，但企业收入仍有所增长。
It boosted their corporate revenues facing headwinds, including the lingering COVID-19 pandemic, disrupted supply chains, weakened consumer sentiment, and rising production costs.
面对不利因素，包括持续的新冠肺炎疫情、供应链中断、消费者情绪减弱和生产成本上升，这提高了他们的企业收入。
China Petroleum and Chemical Corp (Sinopec), the world's largest refiner by capacity, reported that net income in the first six months surged 10.4 percent year-on-year to a record 43.53 billion yuan while revenue was up 27.9 percent from a year earlier at 1.61 trillion yuan, thanks to strong oil and gas prices despite weakened domestic fuel sales.
按产能计算，全球最大的炼油商中国石油化工集团公司报告称，前六个月净收入同比增长10.4%，达到创纪录的435.3亿元，收入同比增长27.9%，达到1.61万亿元，这要归功于尽管国内燃料销售疲软，但石油和天然气价格强劲。
According to Zhu, while the contribution of mining and raw material sectors to overall profit growth weakened as some bulk commodity prices fell, the contribution of consumer goods and equipment manufacturing strengthened in November.
朱表示，尽管采矿和原材料行业对整体利润增长的贡献因部分大宗商品价格下跌而减弱，但消费品和设备制造业在11月的贡献有所增强。
Those behaviors have weakened the innovative dynamics and vitality of the platform, and harmed the interests of the platform merchants and consumers, said the SAMR.
这些行为削弱了平台创新活力，损害了平台内商家和消费者的合法权益，市场监管总局表示。
While global mobile-phone shipments in 2020 will likely weaken from 2019, both companies have adequate buffers to navigate the downturn, the report stressed.
The company's practices deprived the downstream dealers of pricing autonomy, excluded and restricted the competition within the brand and in effect weakened the competition among brands, the statement said.
The scandal shocked the nation and greatly weakened public confidence in domestic dairy products, resulting in a government-led industry consolidation and implementation of tough quality controls.
Uncertainties lingered over trade conflict among major economies, which could weaken global trade and negatively affect the exporters of South Korea, including Samsung.
"Though the new delivery services will help Starbucks to catch up with peers in delivery sector, its core competence could be weakened by its pricey delivery fee. "
Meanwhile, compared with aerobic training, it won't weaken the strength.
But, the quality of local coffee has long been affected by pests, diseases and climate change, and the recent decline in global coffee prices has significantly weakened the competitiveness of the coffee industry in Africa.
The spirits market in China has weakened sharply over the past few years due to the government's crackdown on extravagant spending among officials.
过去几年，由于中国政府严厉打击官员奢侈消费，中国的烈酒市场大幅萎缩。
Earlier, Hainan Airlines cooperated with American Airlines on code sharing and connecting flights, but the cooperation weakened after Hainan Airlines launched direct flights between Beijing and Chicago, as American Airlines offers the same route.
"We expect Wanda Commercial's market position in its property development segment to weaken following the transition," S&P said.
The performance of the greenback is expected to weaken in 2024 and the US dollar-renminbi exchange rate may gradually fall to around 7.0, while some volatility is inevitable.
"Consumption growth remains subdued and activity in the real estate sector continues to weaken, but monetary policy easing and additional infrastructure investment will help underpin domestic demand," the OECD said in its latest report.
The sub-index for the service sector was 49.3 in November, down from 50.1 in October, as the impact of the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holidays weakened.
He said global economic recovery remains shaky, with the momentum being weakened by several factors, while trade and investment remain sluggish.
In particular, the subindex for the construction sector climbed 2.4 percentage points compared with August as seasonal factors, such as typhoons, weakened and local government bonds were issued at a faster pace.
Nevertheless, political advisers and experts said it is too early to pull back on stimulus measures, as the property market's recovery remains nascent, and consumer spending could weaken further if pent-up demand fades, which in turn could reignite downside risks amid lingering external uncertainties.
The economist added that despite the attempts of Western countries, the United States in particular, to weaken China's position in global industrial and supply chains through trade restrictions, China has reached a stage that "as long as we think it's necessary, we will be able to mobilize enough resources and talent to get breakthroughs in those areas (facing Western countries' trade restrictions)".
Ultimately, the property market may not climb back to its earlier size, given that housing demand should weaken over time for demographic and structural reasons.
Yet, under the impact of the pandemic, the capability of private enterprises to create employment has been weakened.
China's foreign exchange reserves rose to $3.19 trillion (23.75 trillion yuan) by the end of June as the US dollar weakened while global financial markets mixed, the State Administration of Foreign Exchange said on Friday.
Lu Ting, chief China economist at Nomura, said that his team expected manufacturing PMI to remain in contractionary territory in July, due to ongoing property woes and external challenges, while the nonmanufacturing PMI could weaken further on fading post-COVID pent-up demand for in-person services.
The People's Bank of China, or PBOC, the country's central bank, said on Friday that it will "firmly fend off the risk of drastic ups and downs in exchange rates", hours after the offshore renminbi weakened to 7.28 against the US dollar.
The manufacturing purchasing managers' index for May also weakened, standing at 48.8, falling short of the market expectation of 50.8.
The economic downturn will weaken people's confidence in terms of income and employment stability, which will subsequently inhibit consumption.
"Economic activities have noticeably weakened in general, with downside risks accumulating," he said at the forum.
As the global economic outlook is forecast to remain gloomy and external demand is expected to weaken, China's foreign trade will face some pressure.
Wu, from iDigital, said that while China's games market experienced a downturn last year due to the sluggish economic situation and weakened desire to buy games during the pandemic, it will likely rebound and see strong growth this year amid the resumption of production and the rapid recovery of consumption.
This will help compensate for the loss of weakened demand from many developed countries.
It also mentioned that the country has to tackle the issue of weakened productivity growth and an aging population.
For example, due to the impact of the global financial crisis in 2008, China's exports rapidly declined, consumption and investment gradually weakened and China's CPI and PPI quickly fell from an 8.7 percent rise and a 10.1 percent rise to a 1.8 percent decline and an 8.2 percent decline, respectively.
The apparent reason why the US cares so much about China's developing economic status seems to be that it aspires to weaken China's alliances with developing countries.
美国似乎如此关注中国经济发展态势的表面原因在于，其意在削弱中国与广大发展中国家之间的联盟关系。
Although the growth momentum of China's luxury market significantly weakened in 2022 due to the impact of COVID-19, the market has begun to recover gradually in 2023.
Experts particularly called for policy efforts to expand domestic demand and ease any potential difficulty facing exporters as external demand could weaken as global growth loses steam.
Against the global backdrop of still-high inflation, weakened demand, financial turmoil and other challenges, multinationals doubled down on expanding footprints in China, casting votes of confidence in the bullish growth of the Chinese market.
As China's economy becomes more innovative, talent-intensive, consumption-driven and green, the country will help boost the recovery of the world economy amid challenges such as geopolitical tensions and weakened global demand.
Despite weakened global demand, Asia as a whole is showing signs of recovery thanks to its strong economic resilience and vitality, the report said.
But the report also warned of the relatively weak growth momentum of emerging markets and developing economies, primarily due to weakened external demand, tightened financing conditions as well as insufficient investment.
"China's foreign trade resilience has not weakened in recent years; it has strengthened," said Gu Xueming, a member of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and president of the Chinese Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation.
There is no reliable evidence supporting the concerns of those claiming that "China's role in the international division of labor will be weakened and it will drift away from the real economy", the scholar said.
He also said restrictive trade measures against China undermine the development of bilateral economic and trade relations, weaken the US' comparative advantage and the competitiveness of US products, and harm the confidence and willingness of enterprises from the two countries to strengthen cooperation.
With the external demand's driving force expected to weaken this year due to many global uncertainties, exports may experience a process of downward adjustment.
"Although some countries seek to exclude China from the industrial and supply chains, China's strong position in the global industrial and supply chain cooperation, which has been formed in the course of globalization, cannot be easily weakened," said Sang, dean of the Institute of International Economy of the UIBE.
This weakened domestic circulation had a greater bearing on China's economy than any external factor.
Ma Liang, a professor of public administration at Renmin University of China, said the lingering pandemic over the past three years weakened the level of confidence for businesses, and consumer spending was also affected.
It said growth momentum significantly weakened in the United States, the European Union and other developed economies in 2022, adversely impacting the rest of the global economy through a number of channels.
In this sense, the US dollar will weaken, which will be translated into capital inflows into emerging markets, said Wang.
According to the International Monetary Fund, "the worst is yet to come", as global growth is forecast to further weaken in 2023.
- While the world's growth will likely weaken significantly in 2023, the Chinese economy is expected to see an independent upward trajectory with an overall recovery, a senior official said.
The change was made in accordance with the weakened pathogenicity of the virus.
Due to the impact of COVID-19, economic recovery momentum has weakened in recent months, weighing on achieving this year's GDP growth target.
These issues have weakened market confidence, reduced investment and consumption and led to economic slowdown.
International demand may weaken Chinese exports, but there is also a scenario by which energy shortages cause disruptions in industrial chains such as chemicals and commodities in Europe.
In the second quarter, the pandemic caused some restrictions on household consumption of goods and services, but the negative impact weakened in the third quarter.
And seeking solutions itself may create a dilemma, as, if there is no policy to support demand, the supply shock will bring greater downward pressure on demand; if, however, there is policy to support demand, a decline in supply means that inflation will rise, policy will have to tighten and growth will still eventually weaken.
Looking ahead to the fourth quarter, China's exports may weaken, the impact of COVID-19 on the economy will remain, and the recovery of domestic demand will rely on continuous strengthening of policies to stabilize growth and continuous optimization of pandemic control policies, said the Bank of China Research Institute in a report published on Wednesday.
As major developed economies are staggering and global trade growth has weakened, new orders for both Chinese enterprises and their counterparts in other countries are declining, he said.
While expansion of external demand spurred the rapid growth of China's exports, the "share effect" was still positive in the export sector, although with significantly weakened influence.
While remaining stable against a basket of currencies, the onshore exchange rate of the renminbi weakened against the dollar by more than 11 percent this year to 7.1 on Friday.
Shu also said the world economy is facing multiple challenges as unilateralism and protectionism are on the rise and the global consensus on opening-up has been weakened.
Japan's smaller share in China's total exports was mainly due to the sharp depreciation of the Japanese yen since the end of May, which has weakened Japan's import capacity.
And last year, support from the real estate sector weakened, but export support remained strong.
In recent days, as stagflation pressure and debt risks clouded growth prospects, the attractiveness of the eurozone for global investors has weakened, with the euro down to parity against the dollar last week for the first time in 20 years.
In contrast, the Japanese yen and the euro have weakened by more than 10 percent against the greenback so far this year, with the euro and the dollar worth the same for the first time in 20 years last week.
"Analysts and business leaders said China's acceleration of building a unified national market will help it to better cope with protective trade actions and weakened goods demand in certain countries.
Property investment can play an important and positive role in economic growth when the other two investments weaken at the same time.
These factors will weaken China's competitive advantage to some extent.
The deposits of a considerable number of families and companies have dried up, and their ability to resist further shocks has weakened.
Their remarks came amid concerns that China's economic activity could weaken in the second quarter, as it feels the impact of resurgent COVID-19 cases and a more complicated external environment.
The onshore yuan dropped to 6.62 against the dollar on Thursday afternoon, having weakened by nearly 4 percent since the beginning of the year.
Chinese consumer activities weakened in March as resurgences of COVID-19 impeded catering and travelling activities.
The Chinese yuan slumped against the US dollar on Monday as investor sentiment further weakened amid resurgent domestic COVID-19 cases and fast tightening by the US Federal Reserve, experts said on Monday.
This indicates that for the first quarter, the momentum of domestic growth has generally weakened amid rising complexities and uncertainties at home and abroad.
Limited offline buying activity also contributes to weakened consumption.
These US policy adjustments have weakened the process of globalization and induced policy countermeasures among different camps and interest groups.
"These factors have weakened consumption in these regions and squeezed our export volume," said Jin Xiaomin, chairman of Zhejiang Kingston Supply Chain Group Co Ltd, a Yiwu, Zhejiang province-based goods exporter.
As some 40 percent of Russia's foreign reserves deposited overseas have been frozen, the country's ability to repay its foreign debts has been weakened to a certain extent.
First, after foreign reserves were frozen, although the guarantor role of the Bank of Russia as the final advancer has been weakened, the country's central bank still has the ability to repay short-term foreign debt.
So far as we know, though Russia's ability to repay its foreign debt has been weakened, the country still has the ability and willingness to repay its sovereign foreign debt.
"Various cities' home markets are improving, regardless of their specific city tiers, but the progress is somehow weakened by the COVID-19 impact," said Li Yujia, chief researcher at the provincial residential policy research center of Guangdong.
Resilient export growth thanks to supply chain stability is also expected to underpin the yuan, which may only slightly weaken to 6.40 to the dollar by the end of the year, Xing said.
Therefore, with the driving force from exports and realty expected to weaken, the Government Work Report has proposed to "firmly implement the strategy of expanding domestic demand, promote coordinated regional development and new urbanization, smoothen the national economic cycle, open up all links of production, distribution, circulation, and consumption and enhance the driving force of domestic demand for economic growth.
Lu Ting, Nomura's chief China economist, said economic activity could weaken in March amid restrictions to combat the outbreak and a still weak property market, necessitating possible measures.
Capital flows to emerging economies weakened when the US dollar appreciated relative to other major currencies in 2021.
That is especially important as the world economy is still suffering from stressed supply chains and weakened expectations, they said.
The proposed lowering of the deficit-to-GDP ratio to 2.8 percent for this year will make fiscal spending more sustainable, and will not weaken the country's intensity of fiscal spending, political advisers and experts said on Thursday.
Although COVID-19 is still spreading globally, with more vaccinations and prevention experience, the impact on overseas production may gradually weaken.
It is noteworthy that as the pandemic is brought under better control globally, COVID-19-related exports may weaken.
If such channels are weakened and no other equivalent outlet can work as a supplement, pressure in credit growth can be easily predicted.
Price movements are expected to be more dependent on endogenous factors as the external impact of the epidemic may gradually weaken, according to the researcher.
The overall business climate in the construction sector weakened seasonally as construction activities slowed due to the unfavorable weather conditions and workers returning to their hometowns ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year.
Some experts said a growing divergence in monetary policy between China and the United States could weaken the renminbi.
The situation has weakened the competitiveness of the Northern Corridor and created huge opportunities for the Middle Corridor.
This situation obviously indicates that financial risk has weakened, but also shows that the country's monetary policy has been tight in general since the beginning of this year.
Zhou Xuezhi, a researcher with the Institute of World Economics and Politics, which is part of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said he believes expected pullback of fiscal and monetary stimulus in developed economies will weaken their demand, which will likely have an impact on China's exports.