关于数量增减和比较的表达

1. 增加
1) 一般的增加：increase, rise, grow, climb, expand, advance,
gain
Expand five fold
Potash advanced to 14-year peaks.
Glencore’s position at no. 3 at a valuation of $86 billion now
seems secure after a stunning 68% gain on the LSE.
2) 猛 增 ： jump to, soar, surge( 名 词 是 upsurge), shoot up,
rocket, skyrocket, leap
Skyrocketing inflation
Some experts think that house prices will shoot up again
this year.
Against all odds coal prices surged to never-seen levels.
Lithium leap
3) 超过/比…多：surpass, beat, exceed
surpassing the previous high of …
exceed all regulatory requirements
4) 使…增加：boost, lift, raise, ramp up, drive up(使…猛增)
Boost output to …
Ramp up production to…
2. 减少
1) 一 般 的 减 少 ： drop, fall, retreat, decline, decrease, shrink,
dip(短时间下降), contract, cut back(减少支出)
Falling to a 4-year low
Copper prices retreated by…from March highs.
The port fell into decline.
The top 50 miners have shrunk by more than $1 trillion.
Profits dipped slightly last year.
The economy has contracted by 2.5% since last year.
During the recession, a lot of businesses had to cut back.
2) 猛减：collapse, plummet, plunge, dive, slide down
 Tin prices collapsed.
Oil prices have plunged to a new low.
Copper prices dives to 16-month low as recession alarms
blare.
Chinese stocks slide down the rankings.
3) 微减：
4) 使…减少：weigh down, cut down, diminish, scale down, trim
Copper prices are weighed down by weaker demand.
Economic concerns diminish crude oil demand growth
estimates.
The company said that it would be scaling down production
by 10%.
We need to trim costs by $500m.
5) 比…少：a shade, slightly
e.g. …just a shade below the combined market cap at the
end of 2021.
3. 波动
1) Volatile
Commodity prices are always volatile.
2) Turbulence
In 2022, metal and mining markets reached new levels of
turbulence.
3) Turmoil
Shanghai markets remain in turmoil.
4. 排位
1) 排在第…位
A $8 billion decline in market cap places Polyus at number 29.
JDC Moly sits at position 61.
2) 进入排名
…made it onto the best performer list
Few listed candidates could join the top tier.
…was knocking at the door of the top 10 as recently as 2020.
Polymetal appears unlikely to make a return to the top 50.
 The company gained 10 spots and 60% in value.
Join the top tier
3) 掉出圈子
Diamond giant Alrosa drops out of the top 50 after falling 16
places during the final quarter.
5. 达到
1) reach, hit,
Reach a record high/all-time high
2) 几乎达到：flirt with
BHP, which flirted with a $200 billion market cap in April, is
now…
3) 差一些
The Democrats are three votes shy of a majority.
6. 保持：remain
Remain low/high/elevated
7. 恢复：recoup, reverse, recover, erase
…can help reverse the trend going forward.
Copper prices recover strongly from its initial drop.
…erasing steep losses suffered since their March highs.
8. 一系列/一段时间的增或减：run
Lithium prices continued their exponential run.
9. 同比变化
1) Full-year 2022 revenues of $100.3 Billion, an all-time high
for Pfizer, reflecting 30% operational growth
2) Strong fourth-quarter 2022 revenues of $24.3 Billion, up
48% year-over-year, representing an all-time high for Pfizer
10. 评价数字好坏的表达
1) A record-breaking year; we expect again to set records; 14-
year peaks
2) Stellar results; outstanding financials; a stunning 68% gain
3) Strong topline growth; strong performance; strong balance
sheet
4) World’s top 50 mining companies end 2022 rock solid.
5) Lithium prices continued their exponential run.
6) Unprecedented/never-seen levels
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