Eric has a
weakness for money.
埃里克爱钱如命。
Mary thinks that crying is a sign of
weakness.
玛丽认为哭是懦弱的表现。
One of his main
weaknesses is procrastination.
（他的主要弱点之一是拖延。）
Her
weakness for chocolate is no secret in the office.
（她对巧克力的喜爱在办公室里已不是秘密。）
The team's defense has been a notable
weakness this season.
（这个赛季，球队的防守成了一个显著的弱点。）
His public speaking skills were a
weakness he needed to improve upon.
（公开演讲技巧是他需要改进的一个弱点。）
The company's financial instability is a critical
weakness that investors are wary of.
（公司的财务不稳定是一个关键弱点，投资者对此持谨慎态度。）
She acknowledged her
weakness in math but was determined to overcome it.
（她承认自己在数学方面的弱点，但决心要克服它。）
The story's plot had several
weaknesses that made it predictable.
（这个故事的情节有几个弱点，导致它变得可以预见。）
His physical strength was impressive, but his lack of endurance was a
weakness.
（他的体力给人印象深刻，但耐力不足是一个弱点。）
The software has a security
weakness that could be exploited by hackers.
（该软件存在一个安全漏洞，可能被黑客利用。）
Identifying and addressing personal
weaknesses is crucial for personal growth.
（识别并解决个人弱点对于个人成长至关重要。）
Vyvgart (efgartigimod alfa injection) is used to treat generalized myasthenia gravis (gMG), a chronic autoimmune disease that causes muscle weakness.
Vyvgart（efgartigimod-alfa注射液）用于治疗全身性重症肌无力（gMG），这是一种导致肌肉无力的慢性自身免疫性疾病。
The disease gMG, which is characterized by debilitating and potentially life-threatening muscle weakness, was listed in the rare disease catalogue issued by five national ministries and commissions in China in 2018.
gMG以衰弱和可能危及生命的肌肉无力为特征，被列入2018年中国五个国家部委发布的罕见病目录。
The disease affects skeletal muscles throughout the body, resulting in weakness and fatigue.
这种疾病影响全身骨骼肌，导致虚弱和疲劳。
The injection, which provides an innovative treatment option for such patients -- who represent 85 percent of the total population suffering from this chronic neuromuscular disease characterized by debilitating and potentially life-threatening muscle weakness -- was developed by Argenx.
Argenx开发了这种注射剂，为这些患者提供了一种创新的治疗选择，这些患者占患有这种慢性神经肌肉疾病的总人口的85%，其特征是衰弱和可能危及生命的肌肉无力。
"We would recommend that investors who can look into (the second half of 2020) and beyond should use weakness to accumulate best-in-class companies with a solid structural outlook," Credit Suisse analysts said in a research note.
Mortgage broker LendingTree identified Michigan as the state with the highest risk of a recession in the fourth quarter because of recent months of higher unemployment and weakness in wages.
Zhang went on to remark that model is hugely important in systematically shoring up the points of weakness in economically underdeveloped regions and helping them develop.
"We are now seeing that many Chinese companies have become fast learners in these fields and begun to deploy more resources to offset their previous weakness," she said.
The department store format is a weakness for Suning, which has its own retail stores and community-based fresh-goods shops, said Yu from Kantar.
Once they lost their strength (which lay in the lower cost of labor and materials), they found themselves in a position of passive weakness," Shen Difan, general manager of Ali-Express, said.
Peer pressure must be factored in to understand this fear of weakness.
"We are programmed to be tough by biographies and articles that tell us to show no weakness and lead our team to success," Yu said.
"Carriers' inability to drive rates upwards during the seasonally stronger third quarter despite robust demand growth and continued rate weakness in October and November is expected to weigh down the earnings performance in the fourth quarter of the year," said the report.
However, given that the size of green industries and high-tech sectors remains limited and cannot fully make up for the contraction in demand exacerbated by property sector weakness, Wang said China's economy still faces a prominent problem of insufficient effective demand.
There was a strong rebound in the first quarter due to adjusted COVID-19 policies, but weaker growth in the second quarter amid sluggish domestic and external demand, renewed property sector weakness and rising local government debt pressures.
由于调整了COVID-19政策，第一季度出现了强劲反弹，但第二季度的增长势头减弱，主要原因是国内和外部需求疲软、房地产行业再度走弱以及地方政府债务压力上升。
Both the IMF and the World Bank have cited continued weakness in the real estate sector and persistently sluggish global demand as factors that clouded the outlook.
However, China's economic outlook is clouded by continued weakness in the real estate sector and tepid global demand in the short term, as well as structural constraints to growth, including high debt levels and population aging.
Economists: Focus should be on tasks such as spending on big-ticket itemsChina is likely to take more steps to revive consumer demand and boost spending appetites next year as it seeks to inject strong impetus into a consumption-led recovery amid pressure from subdued demand and property sector weakness, economists said on Wednesday.
The sustained economic weakness in the US and geopolitical conflicts in Eastern Europe and the Middle East have heightened global economic and political uncertainties, contributing to increased safe-haven demand and leading to heightened need for gold as a value-preserving asset.
The National Bureau of Statistics said services, retail sales and industrial production sped up year-on-year in October, but fixed-asset investment decelerated amid protracted property sector weakness, with more large and medium-sized cities reporting dips in home prices over September.
Despite the improvement in some key indicators, she said the drag from the property sector intensified in October, estimating that the weakness in housing sales, starts and investments may remain through 2024, given the property correction process.
Despite the improvement in some key indicators, she said the drag from the property sector intensified in October, estimating that the weakness in housing salesand investments may stay through 2024, given the property correction process.
The IMF, however, cautioned that growth could slow in 2024 amid property market weakness and subdued external demand.
However, seeing short-term downward risks to China's economic growth amid renewed weakness in the property sector, a new report by the International Monetary Fund expects China's economy to expand by 5 percent in 2023 and 4.2 percent in 2024, a downward revision of 0.2 and 0.3 percentage points, respectively, from April.
The WEO, published on Tuesday, has lowered the 2023 economic growth forecast for China to 5 percent from 5.2 percent, citing the pressures brought by the weakness in the real estate sector.
While most hard macro data is now on a firmer footing than in July, Loo said there remain two lingering areas of weakness — property and sentiment.
Nevertheless, Khor acknowledged that China's inflation will likely remain low for the remainder of the year, thanks in part to bumper food harvests as well as weakness in consumer spending due to spillovers from the sluggish real estate sector and external demand.
Still, vigilance is required: a prolonged period of demand weakness could lead to supply outstripping demand on a structural basis, which would exacerbate deflation risks.
However, the lingering weakness of the real estate market and private investment indicates that more property easing and fiscal and monetary stimulus measures are still likely in the offing in order to consolidate the stabilization in economic growth, they said.
However, the IMF document noted that continued weakness in the real estate sector is weighing on investment, foreign demand remains weak as the global economy slows, and rising youth unemployment indicates labor market weakness, meaning that following a reopening boost, China's recovery is losing steam.
"The Caixin Services PMI for May indicates an overall improvement in services, despite signs of weakness in employment and market expectations.
"Even though there's been a little bit of weakness in some of the April numbers, we still think that the recovery is on track," he said, adding that the ADB will probably upgrade its forecast for China's GDP growth when releasing its upcoming report in June, given that China's economic performance in the first quarter was beyond market expectations.
Yin said the indexes analyzed strength and weakness of the area objectively and scientifically, which will help improve governance and promote sustainable development.
Government investment and policy incentives should effectively drive investment, it said, adding that more private capital should be encouraged and attracted into major state projects and projects aimed at addressing areas of weakness.
Joong Shik Kang, deputy mission chief for China at the International Monetary Fund's Asia and Pacific Department, said further monetary accommodation and neutral fiscal policy are necessary for China, and such policies can help protect the nation's consumption-led recovery from the risks of slowing global growth and real estate weakness.
However, manufacturing sector activity is still relatively sluggish, which we believe is related to the still tepid demand and other aspects, including export weakness.
China has remained a glimmer of hope despite the bleak outlook of the global economy grappling with recession fears and persistent economic weakness.
There are several reasons leading to the short-term consumption weakness.
Such driving force is critical at a time when economic downward pressures remain heavy due to a rise in COVID-19 cases, slowing exports and the lingering weakness of the real estate sector, Luo said.
Zheng Houcheng, director of Yingda Securities Research Institute, said the country's PPI growth may stay negative on a yearly basis in November due to the weakness of domestic real estate investment and global manufacturing activity.
Experts said stepped-up monetary support to boost investment is expected to buffer the downside risks of real estate weakness and COVID-19 uncertainties, helping China's economic growth to pick up in the fourth quarter.
The renminbi is expected to experience a period of weakness due to these factors, but it will not plummet.
Wang Yiming, vice-chairman of the China Center for International Economic Exchanges, warned of challenges and pressures from weakening demand, renewed weakness in the property sector and a more complicated external environment, saying that the key is to focus on boosting domestic demand and fostering new growth drivers.
Looking to the third and fourth quarters of the year, Zheng Houcheng, director of the Yingda Securities Research Institute, warned of pressures from a cloudy global economic outlook, continuing COVID-19 outbreaks and persistent weakness in the property market, saying it is necessary for the government to place the task of stabilizing growth high on the agenda, further expand demand and roll out supportive measures when necessary.
The meeting pointed out that efforts to expand effective investment should prioritize projects that will not only strengthen areas of weakness and facilitate structural adjustments, but also boost consumption and create jobs.
He said that consumption remained weak as households remained cautious against COVID infections, with labor market weakness compounding the problem.
"But we don't expect additional cuts as the policy divergence with the US and renminbi weakness will act as constraints," Wu added.
The report said China's investment growth, driven by infrastructure investment, is projected to accelerate, partly offsetting weakness in real consumption growth.
According to the report, the investment growth, driven by infrastructure investment, is projected to accelerate, partly offsetting weakness in real consumption growth.
Other indicators in the sector also signaled weakness, showing that the overall property downtrend has not fundamentally changed.
Data from China Real Estate Information Corp pointed to the persistent weakness of the sector, as sales of China's top 100 developers declined by 47 percent year-on-year in the first quarter.
While the property sector continues to suffer from weakness, and geopolitical tensions have inflated commodity prices and could exert pressure on China's trade surplus, it is necessary for macroeconomic policies to more forcefully and effectively buffer the headwinds, said Zhu Haibin, J. P. Morgan's chief China economist.
"The move reflects (the central bank's) growing concerns over the weakness of domestic demand toward the end of 2021, but does not signal a move away from the emphasis on containing financial sector risks," said a report published by the World Bank last week.
Meantime, more policy adjustments are on the way to address imbalances in growth and the structural weakness that is partly reflected in the price gap of producers and consumers.
"Even with an easing of supply side pressures, however, we expect GDP growth will soften significantly in Q4, largely due to the real estate weakness," Kuijs said.
In a political environment in which the two major political parties have reached a consensus and regard China as a strategic competitor, any weakness in policy toward China could be considered to be damaging.
It also shows continued weakness in the appetite for business expansion, suggesting that businesses are not planning for spikes in demand," said Shen Lan, an economist with Standard Chartered China.
“这也显示出企业对扩张业务的意愿持续疲软，表明企业并未为需求激增做好规划，”渣打银行中国经济学家沈岚表示。
If it is difficult to increase household incomes, and if effective demand is inadequate in the downstream supply chain, commodity price hikes will show signs of weakness.
""We expect robust sequential economic growth will resume after temporary weakness in Q1 (the first quarter) and are optimistic about exports and manufacturing investment," said the think tank, noting that consumption should "gain pace again as consumers become more comfortable with public health conditions and their economic situation.
""We expect economic growth momentum to gain pace again after the temporary weakness in Q1 (the first quarter)," said the think tank, noting the fact that domestic travel and logistics "returned to 'normal' in March, and we look for consumption momentum to see a more visible improvement in the second half of the year 2021.
The IMF official said fiscal policy can also help rebalancing the Chinese economy, noting that one concern around the performance of the Chinese economy in 2020 is the weakness of private consumption.
The model helped manufacturers to promote innovation, reduce costs and strengthen areas of weakness during the shopping festival period.
该模型帮助制造商在购物节期间推动创新，降低成本，并强化薄弱环节。
"That China was able to grow as fast as it did given the weakness all across the rest of the global economy right now, is quite remarkable," CNBC quoted Steve Cochrane, chief APAC economist at Moody's Analytics, as saying.
Meanwhile, Gopinath cautioned that China will also be under risks if there is "continued weakness in the global economy," adding that it's important for the global economy also to recover.
Chinese PV firms lead the world, but overcapacity, price weakness loomChina's solar industry climbed to new heights in 2023, with manufacturing, installed capacity and exports experiencing robust growth and reshaping the global landscape with continuous technological breakthroughs.
中国光伏企业全球领先，但产能过剩与价格疲软隐忧显现
2023年，中国的太阳能产业攀登至全新高度，其在制造、装机容量和出口方面均实现了强劲增长，并通过持续的技术突破重塑了全球格局。
That said, weakness in private investment and the property sector continued amid the broader gradual recovery in domestic demand.
"Without such structural policy shifts, solely amplifying monetary and fiscal stimulus, perhaps with a focus on infrastructure and investment, could worsen structural weakness in domestic demand and even exacerbate the pressure of low price growth, he said.
As many countries face economic weakness and the cost-of-living crisis continues to squeeze spending, consumer-driven demand will likely soften, although there should be pockets of strength," she added.
Demand from jewelry and industrial applications in the second half may be sluggish due to a slower economy and lower consumer spending, while investment demand for gold may stay strong, offsetting the weakness in jewelry and industrial orders, Zhu added.
Second, weakness in the gold price and a hawkish US Fed might have persuaded investors to reduce their ETF holdings in anticipation of a bearish gold price performance in the short run," Jia of the World Gold Council said.
The raw material trading network also needs improvement, Li said, referring to the weakness in transportation channels and lack of financial products.
李还表示，原材料贸易网络也需要改进，他提到了运输渠道的薄弱和金融产品的缺乏。
The raw material trading network also needs improvement, he said, referring to the weakness in transportation channels and lack of financial products.
他说，原材料贸易网络也需要改进，他提到了运输渠道的薄弱和缺乏金融产品。
The oil behemoths will likely come under immense pressure from the troubled world economy and further weakness in international oil prices.
Under such circumstances, Chinese aluminum companies are urged to expand up and down the industrial chain proactively to make up for weakness in deep processing capabilities, if they want to keep afloat in face of fierce competition amid the upgrading of the industry, she said.
Wang Guoqing, director of Lange Steel Research Center, attributed the weakness in profits to rising costs and falling steel product prices.
Domestic companies in the gold sector have been pushing forward high-quality development, to close down outdated production facilities, optimize the industrial structure, integrate high-quality gold resources, against a background of global macroeconomic weakness and domestic economic restructuring, the association said.
A total of 85 billion yuan ($12.4 billion) is expected to be invested in civil aviation sector infrastructure this year to bolster areas of weakness in construction, according to the civil aviation regulator.
It is necessary to bolster areas of weakness in railway construction in former revolutionary base areas, remote and border areas and poverty-stricken areas in the central and western regions, and speed up a number of major projects such as the Sichuan-Tibet railway to improve the current railway network, he said.
While US tourism is on tenterhooks, Turkey has seen a surge in the number of Chinese travelers, following recent weakness in local currency, the Turkish lira.
"Our weakness lies in brand awareness, as IM Motors has not quickly risen to the top tier of EV startups within the past two years but belongs to the upper level of the second tier.
Advanced technology and software have become the biggest weakness for traditional multinational automakers.
An industry analyst said that Great Wall Motor is seen as being slow to transition at a time when China's NEV industry is growing rapidly while sales of its best-selling Haval brand have shown weakness.
Plunging vehicle production has been a major contributor to the weakness in global manufacturing and freight reported since the middle of 2018.
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) is taking a series of measures to improve its performance in China amid market weakness and increased competition, the Italian-American automaker said on Thursday.
The automaker cited increased competition, particularly in the SUV segments, and market weakness in 2018 as the main reasons for its underperformance in China.
Local media reports identified the critical weakness as the mismatch between the company's governance and its dealership strength.
"Another source told the reporter that the group's earlier weakness and failures resulted from a lack of diligence in the top management team.
Besides the weakness in internal management as shown by the executive shuffles, the critical issue for DPCA is line-up, sources said in anonymity.
The lack of consumer demand even amid readily available financing, low gasoline prices and strong job growth belies underlying weakness within the market.
"He added that: "Aston Martin's weakness in quality control might be a result of frequent senior management replacement, as they lack long-term perspectives".
Though it will take time for high-performance computing projects to shift from US-made AI chips to domestic ones, given the latter's relative weakness in software compatibilities, the US restrictions will in fact spur the development of high-performance AI chips in China," Zhong said.
Though it will take time for high-performance computing projects to shift from US-made AI chips to domestic ones, given the latter's relative weakness in software compatibilities, the US restrictions will in fact fuel the development of high-performance AI chips in China," Zhong said.
In the future, more efforts should be put in hard technologies, strengthen weakness in core technologies, and ensure stable development and industry safety of digital economy.
Some technological bottlenecks in many sectors are due to weakness in original innovation, he said, adding that basic research can help advance original innovation.
Overall, global smartphone sales in February showed weakness in many markets as consumers became cautious.
In 2024, China's economy is expected to grow by 4.6 percent, up from the previous forecast of 4.2 percent, yet continuing weakness in the property market and subdued external demand may weigh on growth, Gopinath added.
However, the IMF sees short-term downward risks to China's economic growth amid renewed weakness in the property sector and forecasts the Chinese economy to expand by 5 percent in 2023 and by 4.2 percent in 2024, a downward revision of 0.2 and 0.3 percentage points, respectively, from April.
Sluggish household consumption and the evident weakness in real financing demand have also posed challenges to boosting domestic demand and stabilizing growth.
The lower valuation of the CSI 300 Index — the benchmark of 300 A-share large-caps — saw daily trading value of under 700 billion yuan over the past few trading days, and the fewer issuance of new mutual fund products are all indicators of near-term weakness.
At least six mutual fund products, including the photovoltaic-themed product issued by Gowin Asset Management in March and a fund-of-funds product that Minsheng Royal Fund released in June, faced fundraising weakness in the first half.