The welcome news comes after nine months of the sharpest contraction in global manufacturing output since the Second World War and a dramatic plunge in world trade as buyers of capital goods and consumer durables effectively went on strike. 在这些可喜的消息传来之前9个月,全球制造业产出出现了第二次世界大战以来最剧烈的收缩,世界贸易额骤降,资本货物和耐用消费品的买家实际上都进入“罢工”状态。
The stories about the booming Chinese consumer market strike a discordant note on one level. 一定程度上,有关中国消费市场日益繁荣的报道发出了一种不协调的声音。