英闻天下——112 China's December Inflation Rises to 2.5 Pct

 　　The National Bureau of Statistics says the full-year consumer price index for China has come in at 2.6-percent.

 

　　At the same time, the NBS is reporting December's inflation has increased 2.5-percent.

 

　　That's up from the 2-percent level seen in February.

 

　　At the same time, the Producer Price Index, which measures inflation at the wholesale¹ level, decreased 1.9-percent in December.

 

　　For more on the latest stats, we spoke² earlier with Shen Hong, China Bureau Chief of Dow Jones Newswire.

1 wholesale   

n.批发；adv.以批发方式；vt.批发，成批出售

参考例句：

• The retail dealer buys at wholesale and sells at retail.零售商批发购进货物，以零售价卖出。
• Such shoes usually wholesale for much less.这种鞋批发出售通常要便宜得多。

2 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。