rate
US /ret/
・UK /reɪt/
A1 初級英檢中級多益
v.t.及物動詞評估
I rate the crab and corn soup a 4 out of 5 stars
n. (c./u.)名詞 (可數/不可數)費
I currently pay the rate of 5 dollars a gallon for gas
n. (c./u.)名詞 (可數/不可數)速度
The rate at which he was spending his student loan was quite alarming
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人口過剩------------------------人類爆炸解釋 (Overpopulation – The Human Explosion Explained)
06:40
- In the 1960's population growth reached an unprecedented rate, which leads to apocalyptic prophecies.
在 1960 年人口的增長以前所未見的速度成長，甚至引起了世界末日的預言。
- Eventually a balance emerged, fewer people were dying and fewer children were born, so the death rate and birth rate became stable.
最後就趨近於平衡，更少人死亡、更少孩童出生，所以出生率、死亡率變得穩定。
這會致命？這些東西都有可能讓你有生命危險 (This Much Will Kill You)
03:41
- Because alcohol is a depressant, the area in the brain controlling basic life functions like breathing and heart rate begin to shut down.
因為酒精是一種鎮定劑，它會讓你的大腦裡控制像是呼吸或是心跳等基本生理功能的區域開始停止運作 。
- the area in the brain controlling basic life functions like breathing and heart rate begin to shut down.
它會讓你的大腦裡控制基本生理功能的區域— 像是呼吸或是心跳 — 開始停止運作 。
英國零食 Jaffa Cake 到底是餅乾還是蛋糕？看看官司之後法官如何判決！（A Cake or a Biscuit? - The Lengthy and Expensive Saga of the Jaffa Cake）
06:39
- At the time of the publishing of this video, the VAT rate in the UK is 20% for, to quote the official website of the British Government, "most goods and services".
在發布這部影片時，英國的增值稅率為 20%，據英國政府官網所說，「是針對多數商品與服務」。
- a number of things are subjected to a reduced rate of VAT⏤currently 5%⏤while some other items are exempt from this tax altogether.
有些物品須支付費率降低的增值稅（目前是 5%），而一些其它物品則完全免除此一稅金。
為什麼英國是唯一一個將在2023年萎縮的主要經濟體 | WSJ (Why the U.K. Is the Only Major Economy Set to Shrink in 2023 | WSJ)
03:42
- Another problem for growth is that the country's employment rate has yet to recover to pre-pandemic levels, unlike most other G7 nations.
另一個經濟增長的問題是，英國的就業率尚未回復到疫情前的水準，這與大多數其他 G7 成員國不同。
- To compare, in the US, where the unemployment rate is at a multi-decade low, the total workforce rose to a new record in January; however, there are signs that the tide could also be turning.
相比之下，在美國，失業率處於多年以來的低點，總勞動力在一月份創下新紀錄；然而，有跡象表明風向也可能轉變。
太陽能如何變得如此便宜 (How solar energy got so cheap)
06:31
- "We promise, for double the market price, and we will keep paying you at that rate for the next 20 years."
「我們承諾以雙倍市場價格購入，且在未來 20 年內都會按這個費率購買。」
- and we will keep paying you at that rate for the next 20 years.
而且我們將在未來20年內一直按這個比例支付給你。
印度人口超過中國對全球經濟的意義 | WSJ (What India’s Population Surpassing China’s Means for Global Economies | WSJ)
05:34
- In 2020, China's fertility rate⏤or the number of children a woman has over her lifetime⏤came in at 1.3, which is one of the lowest in the world.
2020 年，中國的生育率或一個婦女一生生育的孩子數量為1.3，是世界上最低的國家之一。
- Despite reversing the one-child policy in 2016, China's fertility rate has continued to decline.
儘管 2016 年一胎化政策有所逆轉，但中國的生育率仍在持續下降。