以highest/record high/lowest等联结的最高级比较:
The Bundesbank cut its discount rate 3.5%, the lowest level in seven years.(德意志联邦银行将利率下调到七年来最低的3.5%。)
The number of workers in the United States applying for state unemployment benefits rose to the record high level in more than a month.(美国请求失业救济金的工人人数一个多月来上升到历史最高点。)
以against/opposite/compare/contrast等联结的数据对比:
Export surplus was 72.54 billion francs, compared with 47.71 billion francs in the same period a year earlier.(与去年同期477.1亿法朗相比,出口顺差为725.4亿法朗。)
The December T-bond futures ended today at 117-13/32 in Tokyo market against its previous closing of 117-11/32.(东京市场十二月份国债期货合约今天收盘报117-13/32,而昨天收盘报117-11/32。)