【常用新聞英文語彙】不是「底線」的bottom line 有10種中文語意


1.盈餘/淨利
The company says the conversion trimmed $22 million from its bottom line in 2003. 
公司說這項轉變讓它二○○三年的淨利減少了二千二百萬美元。 
Companies looking at the bottom line may think twice. 
注重盈餘的公司可能會三思而行。
 
2.結論
The bottom line: drinking 1,360 g of unfiltered coffee a day may carry 10% increase in risk for heart attack or stroke. 
結論是:每天喝1,360公克的未過濾咖啡可能會增加10%罹患心臟病或中風的機率。

3.賽績
The only real bright spot was the bottom line: she had just advanced to the quarterfinals. 
唯一真正引人注目的地方是賽績:她已經晉級前八強。

4. 最重要的
I’m going to savor this moment. Bottom line, I feel blessed. 
我會珍惜這個時刻,最重要的是,我覺得受到祝福。 
We have to get better, that’s the bottom line. 我們必須表現更好,那是最重要的。

5. 總歸一句
Bottom line: every era is imperfect. Bonds’ is the steroid era. 
總歸一句: 每個時代都是不完美的,邦茲的時代是類固醇時代。

6.最大的原因
The bottom line is that there is no consensus in Japan on war responsibility. 
最大的原因是,在日本,大家對戰爭的責任沒有共識。

7.結果
But the bottom line was the same: a straight-set defeat in Rod Laver Arena. 
但結果還是相同:在澳網直落二敗落。
At the end, the bottom line is we didn’t win. 比賽最後的結果是我們沒有贏。

8.最重要的原則
He said the bottom line is helping the party find the candidate who will have the best chance of beating the Republicans in November. 
他說最重要的原則就是幫助這個黨找到最有機會在十一月打敗共和黨的候選人。

9.必須強調的事實
Whatever the residue of bitterness from this extraordinary election, the bottom line is: A Bush victory and a Republican-dominated national government. 
不管這場史無前例的選舉留下多少苦澀,必須強調的事實還是:布希獲勝,美國政府由共和黨掌控。

10.最重要的原因
“There are so many people who are suffering,” says Dr. Jerrold Rosenbaum, chief of psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital. “The bottom line is, there’s a huge gap between where we are and where we need to be.” 
麻州綜合醫院精神科主任羅森包坦說:「有太多的人受苦受難,最重要的原因是,現行的醫療措施和期望的醫療水平有很大的落差。


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