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。
Moody's cautioned downward rating pressure could emerge if Tencent experiences a sustained erosion in its active user base that leads to lower cash flow, engages in aggressive acquisitions that strain its balance-sheet liquidity or raises its overall risk profile, adopts an aggressive dividend policy that weakens its balance-sheet liquidity or demonstrates a weaker credit profile.
穆迪警告称，如果腾讯遭遇活跃用户基础持续萎缩，导致现金流降低；或进行激进的收购活动，从而给其资产负债表流动性带来压力，或提高其整体风险状况；或采取激进的股息政策削弱其资产负债表流动性；或是展现出较弱的信用状况，都可能形成下调评级的压力。换句话说，这些因素若发生，可能会对腾讯的信用评级产生负面影响，促使穆迪考虑下调其评级。
While global mobile-phone shipments in 2020 will likely weaken from 2019, both companies have adequate buffers to navigate the downturn, the report stressed.
Uncertainties lingered over trade conflict among major economies, which could weaken global trade and negatively affect the exporters of South Korea, including Samsung.
Meanwhile, compared with aerobic training, it won't weaken the strength.
"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 country's foreign trade performance will continue to improve in the coming months as the global market embraces a consumption boom buoyed by the festival season, and the base effect gradually weakens, which will inject much-needed momentum into global economic recovery, they added.
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.
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 economic downturn will weaken people's confidence in terms of income and employment stability, which will subsequently inhibit consumption.
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.
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。
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.
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.
He added that in contrast to the previous policy focus of providing aid for businesses, it is advisable for China to directly support consumers this year, because business-oriented stimulus measures could face obstacles in driving employment and wage growth as external demand weakens.
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.
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.
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.
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.
High inflation lowers people's living standards, weakens corporate vitality, overshadows prospects of economic growth, intensifies social tensions and raises concerns about the possibility of global stagflation.
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.
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.
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.
"If the economy continuously weakens, the impact of US tightening will be amplified with a stronger tendency of investors to trim holdings in Chinese financial assets.
The real estate sector has continued to drag on growth, as people's homebuying willingness weakens.
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.
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.
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.
Some experts said a growing divergence in monetary policy between China and the United States could weaken the renminbi.
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.
"Asked if increasing regional trade agreements might weaken the WTO's negotiating power, Gao said any regional trade agreement, even a very broad one, cannot replace the WTO as "the latter is currently the only trade agreement that covers all the big players－China, the United States, the European Union, and Japan".
The rainy weather during the National Day holiday did not weaken people's consumption enthusiasm in Beijing as the capital city carried out measures to help many business sectors.
国庆假期期间，北京虽然阴雨连绵，但并未削弱市民的消费热情，因为首都采取了一系列措施来助力多个商业领域的复苏与发展。
Wang Tao, head of Asia economics and chief China economist with UBS Investment Bank, made this prediction during a conference call held on Tuesday, adding that in the second half, GDP growth is expected to weaken due to the COVID-19 outbreak.
"But that doesn't mean exports themselves will weaken," he said, adding that imports are also forecast to perform well in the coming months, as China's economy will expand and will also need more consumer products to meet people's increasing demand for better lives.
Although the growth momentum will weaken in the second half of this year, Citigroup raised its full-year forecasts to exports, industrial production and real estate investment, Liu added.
The four main drivers of emerging economy growth are all favorable: global trade is booming; as are commodities; China remains robust; and the US dollar looks destined to weaken (which is also a plus).
And finally, we expect the US dollar to weaken, giving a further boost to commodity prices and also reducing emerging borrowers' debt servicing costs.
The Invesco strategist expects the US dollar to weaken in near-term, given the Fed's pledge on ultralow interest rates.
"The outgoing trade chief also advised the next administration to weaken the World Trade Organization so that it can't overrule US policies and make it harder for American companies to move overseas despite the cost to their competitiveness, the Journal reported on Monday.
As to reform of the WTO, Barry said, "Rather than working to weaken the WTO, we hope that the Biden administration will engage with other countries, including China, to strengthen it by leading reforms that will improve its effectiveness in creating trade rules that all members must follow.
However, there are some uncertainties with regard to the second-quarter industrial output, as the external demand may weaken with the gradual recovery in overseas production.
The bill will weaken global investor confidence in the US capital market, damage the international status of the US capital market and harm its own interests, Hua said.
The adjustment should not be made hastily or weaken the effects of financing serving the real economy.
"The main aim is to limit and weaken China's dominant position in batteries and reduce their dependence on China in the new energy automobile industry and related supply chains," Wu said.
Meanwhile, as the overall economic situation weakens, offices with decoration are more popular with tenants, due to a lower cost, according to Lian Fengzhe, head of projects and services in Cushman & Wakefield North China.
The survey had a positive outlook regarding the steady performance of the index in the future as the short-term effects weaken and economic activities pick up.
Zhou Maohua, an analyst at China Everbright Bank, said the growth rate of industrial output is expected to pick up as interference from the COVID-19 pandemic weakens and the combination of policies to support domestic demand continues driving consumption and thus the recovery of the industrial economy.
According to Yan, the impact of the pandemic on 2023 will gradually weaken after the first quarter, and the impact on the activity of the office leasing market will be significantly reduced.
"This is the latest example of the US business community doing its part to weaken proposals aimed at crimping China's burgeoning chip sector, because they know too well that such measures raise costs and harm their revenues," Zhong said.
Factors including insufficient market confidence, a growing wait-and-see attitude, and the impact of COVID-19 to weaken home-buying demand contributed to the sales slump, according to Ding.
The test is applied whenever a parachute has been used a certain number of times or has come into contact with pollutants that may weaken the fabric.
Chen Qiaoshan, an independent medical analyst, said: "The details of the action plan weaken the control of physical hospitals over doctors, and promote their movement within the country's medical system.
独立医学分析师陈巧山表示：“行动方案的细节削弱了实体医院对医生的控制，并促进了医生在国内医疗体系内的流动。”
But the key price of the red metal is likely to rise to a new high this year, and may be followed by a correction and then fluctuations as inflationary expectations weaken, analysts said.
但分析师表示，今年铜价的关键指标可能会上涨至新高，随后可能会出现回调，并随着通胀预期的减弱而呈现波动。
Wei said it is widely agreed that copper prices will likely see a correction when expectations of inflation weaken as monetary policy is expected to shift in the US.
魏说，人们普遍认为，随着美国货币政策预期的转变，通胀预期减弱时，铜价可能会出现回调。
Miao Wei, deputy director of the Economic Affairs Committee of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, recently said that a notable decline of manufacturing business in China's GDP will not only drag down the current economic growth and affect urban employment, but will also generate potential industrial safety hazards and weaken the country's anti-risk capabilities and international competitiveness.
十三届全国政协经济委员会副主任苗圩近日表示，中国GDP中制造业占比出现显著下降，不仅会拖累当前经济增长，影响城镇就业，也会带来潜在的工业安全隐患，削弱国家抗风险能力和国际竞争力。
A notable decline of manufacturing business in China's GDP will not only drag down the current economic growth and affect urban employment, but will also generate potential industrial safety hazards, and weaken the country's anti-risk capabilities and international competitiveness, Miao added.
苗圩补充说，中国GDP中制造业的显著下降不仅会拖累当前经济增长并影响城市就业，还会产生潜在的工业安全隐患，并削弱中国的抗风险能力和国际竞争力。
"The recovery trend may weaken the precautionary savings habit of people, while maintaining the upward trend of consumption that began in August," Cheng said.
复苏趋势可能会削弱人们的预防性储蓄习惯，同时保持8月开始的消费上升趋势，"程说。
Meeting decides to boost capacity as pandemic weakens services globallyChina will take further steps to boost international airfreight capacity to stabilize supply chains, the State Council's executive meeting chaired by Premier Li Keqiang said on Tuesday.
"We expect the liquidity of rated Chinese developers to weaken in the first quarter of this year because the coronavirus outbreak will disrupt property sales.
However, Liu said that developers with high property inventories in the third and fourth-tier cities may see their credit quality weaken as demand may not hold up like in core cities, and so could small and medium-sized developers with insufficient cash reserves.
""This unfortunate decision rewards a special interest misinformation campaign to squash competition in the electric bus sector and could weaken American competitiveness, threaten hundreds of union jobs, and undercut our country's fight against climate change," BYD added.
"Aside from rising cost, the iron and steel industry has also seen product prices weaken for the first nine months of the year.
If patients can buy medicines where they want, it will weaken the influence of doctors over drug sales, he explained.
IMAX screenings hit a new high during Spring Festival despite a drop in total cinema visits, amid rising concerns that Chinese consumers' interest in movies is cooling as consumer spending weakens.
"Wang said the complicated business environment may continue to worry consumers and weaken their intent to buy gold for pure consumption in the future.
"Local governments should weaken housings' financial and investment features, and eliminate the speculation feature," Chen added.
Investments in bars and coins improve as the performance of other asset classes weakens.
"China's oil demand will drop and gasoline consumption will weaken in the 2018-20 period, due to surging sales of alternative-fuel vehicles," she said.
Wang said increasing numbers of electric vehicles running on the roads as well as heavy-duty trucks powered by liquefied natural gas also weaken the demand for diesel.
Shu Jueting, a spokesperson for the ministry, said certain countries have politicized economic issues and overstretched the concept of national security to intentionally weaken cooperation with China in semiconductors and relates industries.
The reported decision of Dell Technologies, a US-based personal computer maker, to replace all semiconductors made in China from its products by 2024, will only weaken the solid ecosystem the company had assiduously built in China over the last several decades and also erode Dell's global competitiveness, given China's irreplaceable role in the global consumer electronics chain, experts said.
While the impact of epidemic prevention and control measures on the market will gradually weaken, China's auto market will maintain growth in 2022 driven by huge demand potential, the gradual easing of chip shortages, and the strong demand for new energy vehicles, Fu Bingfeng, CAAM Executive Vice-President, told a press conference.
A steel cable that anchors the front seat belts to the car could weaken, which could reduce the belts' ability to restrain occupants in a crash, said the State Administration for Market Regulation on Tuesday.
The policy change weakens carmakers' enthusiasm to large-scale production and promotion of NEVs, the association said.
States reject president's push to weaken federal fuel efficiency standardsDETROIT/WASHINGTON－California and 18 other US states said on Thursday they would sue to stop a Trump administration proposal to weaken Obama-era federal fuel efficiency standards, arguing the United States has an obligation to protect the environment for future generations.
Several participants at the hearing in Washington said the proposed tariffs would weaken domestic investment, notably in the efforts to develop technologies such as electric and autonomous vehicles.
"We believe the resulting impact of tariffs on imported vehicles and vehicle components will ultimately harm US economic security and weaken our national security," the group wrote, calling the tariffs a "mistake" and adding imposing them "could very well set a dangerous precedent that other nations could use to protect their local market from foreign competition".
"It undermines our nation's credibility in the global community, weakens the international trading system, and emboldens other countries to use national security to limit US goods and services exports to their markets," said the Business Roundtable.
Misuse or illegal use of data as well as data monopoly will greatly weaken the vitality of the development of the country's digital economy.
"So if they no longer can sell to China, then you have a major problem in America," because the financial position of the high-tech companies significantly weakens, and they can no longer invest, he said.
"The actions against TikTok and WeChat are to weaken China's role in the global digital economy generally, mainly for geopolitical reasons," Jeffrey Sachs, an economics professor at Columbia University and a senior United Nations advisor, told Xinhua earlier.
The company said the US government's sanction, which attempts to weaken China's cybersecurity defense capabilities, will only benefit organizations involved in attacking computer systems and have a negative impact on global cybersecurity.
Sometimes blockchain is also called "distributed ledger", which weakens the technical characteristics of "block" and "chain", focusing more on the application scenarios.
Pentagon officials have publicly said their aim was to weaken Russia strategically without mentioning the cost of more lives and the disruptions of world economy.
The property sector's impact on the economy is likely to weaken in 2024, which is another positive factor in companies' profitability, he added.
The US dollar may start to weaken as the Fed lowers interest rates and US economic growth slows down in 2024.
Wang Tao, head of Asia economics at UBS Investment Bank, said the renminbi could still face some short-term depreciation pressures but may slightly strengthen against the US dollar by the end of the year as the greenback weakens.
A weaker investment appetite will weaken demand in the job market, exerting further negative impact on incomes and consumption.