WSJ-2

Question 1

buoyant economic expansion

Answer 1

乐观的经济增长

Question 2

But the outlook appears hazier when considering the property market’s outsize role in the economy, jittery consumers and signs that significant deleveraging hasn’t fully set in.

Answer 2

hazy outlook 前景黯淡
outsize role 所占过大的比例
jittery consumers焦虑的消费者
set in 开始起作用

Question 3

beat economists’ forecasts

Answer 3

高于预期

Question 4

Chinese consumers aren’t spending as fast as their wages rise

Answer 4

物价不如工资涨得快

Question 5

financially strapped

Answer 5

资金紧张

Question 6

a resilient property market

Answer 6

强健的房地产市场

Question 7

the PBOC will guide down the short-term interest rates

Answer 7

降低短期汇率，央妈是决策者，所以这里用guide

Question 8

Beijing faces a policy dilemma in its battle to tame the property market. It doesn’t want home prices to soar for fear of destabilizing bubbles; on the other hand, it needs to prevent a property crash that could torpedo the economy.

Answer 8

tame the market 管控市场
destablizing bubbles 产生泡沫，危害经济
torpedo the economy 危害经济，torpedo是鱼雷的意思

Question 9

temper the investment in

Answer 9

减少投资

Question 10

tighten their purse strings

Answer 10

收紧腰包

Question 11

ease the liquidity constraints

Answer 11

放宽对流通的限制

Question 12

deterred potential investors

Answer 12

让潜在的投资者望而却步

Question 13

The gap indicates the toll that high home prices are taking on consumption

Answer 13

这一差距表明了高房价正在对消费产生巨大影响