downgrade

downgrade

美 [ˈdaʊnˌɡreɪd] 　英 ['daʊn.ɡreɪd]

• v.降低；使降职；使降级；贬低
• n.下坡
• adj.下坡的；衰落的
• 网络下调评级；退步；降等

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He said he hoped the downgrade 'will give us a renewed sense of urgency' in tackling deficits.

他说，他希望评级下调将使我们在应对赤字问题上有新的紧迫感。

A downgrade could happen before that if the current plan to reduce the budget deficit turns out not to be "credible, " he said.

他并表示，如果当前减少预算赤字的计划未能产生“可信的”结果，则穆迪亦有可能更早就调降美国债信评级。

Despite the downgrade, US government debt was one of the big beneficiaries of the sell-off .

尽管信用评级遭下调，但美国国债仍是昨日抛盘的一大受益者。

The news comes less than a week after rival ratings agency Moody's put Japan's bonds under review for a possible downgrade.

在其对手----莫迪信用等级机构就可能发生的降级而对日本证券进行复核，不到一个星期之后，普尔公司即传出这一消息。

He said it isn't just a possible French downgrade, but other triple-A countries as well, such as Austria.

他说，不仅是法国评级有可能被下调，奥地利等其他AAA评级国家也有可能被下调。

On top of that, Obama will now be branded as the president who presided over the national humiliation of a debt downgrade.

更重要的是，奥巴马则会被冠以他在总统任期内美国因为主权债务降级而蒙受了国耻的罪名。

He said the chance of a downgrade represents "a higher risk level for the Treasury market than at any point in the memorable past" .

他指出，评级遭下调的可能性代表着“美国国债市场的风险水平高于记忆所及的任何时候”。

The environment does seem to have changed to a more gold-positive one, on the back of S&P threatening to downgrade the U. S. credit rating.

在标准普尔扬言可能调降美国债信评等的背景下，大环境似乎已变为对金价较为有利。

Brett Rose, head of U. S. rates strategy at Citigroup Global Markets, said, 'On Friday, I said it was 50-50' there would be a downgrade.

花旗环球金融（CitigroupGlobalMarkets）美国利率策略主管罗斯（BrettRose）说，上周五我曾说过美国信用评级被下调的概率是50%。

S& P said the error wasn't triggered by 'any ratings surveillance activity, ' quashing talk that it was set to downgrade France.

标普说，出现这样的失误并不是因为正在对评级进行任何评估活动，进而平息了有关标普打算下调法国评级的议论。

Despite the downgrade, "China is a relative bright spot in an otherwise gloomy global economy, " said the World Bank's David Dollar.

尽管降级，“中国是一个相对的亮点，在一个暗淡的全球经济中说，”世界银行的杜大伟。

Barclays Capital said the immediate effect of a downgrade should be supportive for the dollar.

巴克莱资本表示，美国评等遭下调的即时效应可能是对美元有利。

A negative outlook indicates the possibility that Moody's could downgrade the country's sovereign credit rating within a year or two.

一种负面的前景预测显示出了一种可能性，即穆迪可能在会一、两年之内调低美国的主权信用等级。

"Putting a country's rating on review is also not the same as a downgrade, " she said. "An actual downgrade is still an unlikely scenario. "

“将一个国家的信贷评级置于观察名单和下调评级是两回事，”她说，“实际（将美国信贷评级）下调仍然是不大可能发生的情况。”

Remarkably, there was no immediate reaction from the White House after the downgrade was made public.

惊人的是，自从下调后，白宫并未立即公开发布对下调的反应。

How much does this downgrade have to do with Congress' recent fight over the federal debt ceiling?

这次的降级与最近国会关于联邦债务上限的争议有多大关系？

Such a downgrade would be surprising because, with the new legislation, the relative debt outlook for the US has improved.

如果它们真这么做了，那将令人感到意外，因为随着新法案出台，美国的相对债务前景已经有所改善。

Most assets had already priced in the underlying condition of countries well before any ratings downgrade, he said.

他认为，在评级调降前，大多数资产价格已经体现所在国真实的窘况。

What looked to be a quiet Friday in Asia was disrupted by an S&P downgrade of Spain which helped to pull the plug on risk.

周五亚洲时段的平静被标准普尔下调西班牙评级的消息所打破，该事件帮助阻止风险反弹势头。

Separately, the agency said the four remaining U. S. nonfinancial companies with "AAA" ratings were not affected by the downgrade threat.

另外标普还称，其馀四家拥有AAA评级的美国非金融企业不受降评威胁的影响。

Despite the uncertainty, some asset managers are trying to calm their clients by putting a positive spin on the downgrade.

尽管不确定因素很多，很多资产经理正试图安抚他们的客户，并希望客户们以塞翁失马的态度来看待降级。

Former Massachusetts Gov. MittRomney said the credit downgrade was the "latest casualty" in Obama'sfailed economic leadership.

美国马萨诸塞州前州长MittRomney表示，美国失去AAA信用评级，只是奥巴马政府经济领导能力失败的“最新牺牲品”。

That, investors fear, means it could be the next target for a downgrade, especially if already anaemic economic growth falters further.

投资者担心，这意味着法国会成为下一个降级的目标；如果原本虚弱的经济增长继续低迷，情况会更糟。

The downgrade was not taken as adding any new information to the question of America's creditworthiness.

他们认为评级下调并没有给美国信用的问题提供额外信息。

You cannot downgrade sickness, but all staffs are a bit relieved to hear that he is doing better.

裴勇俊先生不可患病而令体质下降啊！但当听到他好转诮息，所有工作人员感到宽慰。

EXAMPLE: The stock market analyst decided to downgrade his assessment of the company because of its poor earnings recently.

由于这家公司近来盈利不佳，分析师决定降低对它的评级。

Standard & Poor's decision to downgrade the U. S. credit rating Friday just added to the sense of helplessness, investors said.

投资者说，标普上周五下调美国信用评级的决定令无助感加剧。

S& P, announcing its downgrade, expressed the now-widespread view in markets that the likelihood of such a debt rescheduling is growing.

标普下调希腊信用评级，表达了市场上目前普遍存在的观点，即这类债务延期的可能性在不断增大。

Stock investors are more easily rattled than Treasury holders, so the downgrade might be a bigger deal for the Dow.

股市投资者比美国国债持有者更容易受到惊吓，所以评级下调可能会对道指带来更大冲击。

Yes, such an operating system downgrade is possible, but it isnt for the faint-hearted or the average, nontechnical user.

答：有啊，这样的操作系统“降级”是可行的，不过它不太适合不具备专业技术知识的普通用户操作。

Standard & Poor's decision last Friday to downgrade U. S. debt from AAA to AA+ status was as much about politics as economics.

标准普尔上周五将美国国债评级从AAA下调到AA+的决定既关乎经济，也关乎政治。

Yet a downgrade would still be a shame, if only because this deal ought to open up a further opportunity for US politicians.

但美国债务评级被下调终究是一种耻辱，即便只是因为协议的达成本应为美国政治家们开启进一步的机会。

Mr Obama said the Republican approach might still lead to a downgrade of the country's triple-A credit rating.

奥巴马称，共和党人的计划可能还是会导致美国的AAA级信用评级被下调。

The reason for the downgrade was that bailing out its troubled lenders would put pressure on the sovereign finance.

穆迪下调的理由是，西班牙对国内问题银行伸出援手将给国家财政带来压力。

A downgrade could further spook already-nervous individual investors or foreign investors the U. S. government depends on to borrow.

评级下调可能会令美国政府赖以借款、业已紧张的个人投资者或外国投资者更加不安。

Markets have been braced for a potential downgrade of France but few expected Germany's top rating to be called into question.

市场已对法国信用评级可能被降有所准备，但几乎无人预料到，德国的最高信用评级也会出现问题。

One reason for this downgrade was that the balance of costs that BP faces is skewed to the near term.

下调评级的理由之一，是英国石油面临的成本平衡偏向于近期。

With the U. S. flirting with default and a credit-ratings downgrade, investors are once again in uncharted waters.

在美国徘徊于债务违约和信用评级下调的边缘之际，投资者再次陷入未知的局面。

The first-ever credit downgrade of the U. S. left Wall Street and Washington struggling to come to grips with a new world order.

美国信用评级有史以来首次遭下调，这令华尔街和华盛顿开始奋力应对一个世界新秩序。

There is a palpable sense of frustration with German intransigence, but senior officials dismiss all talk of a downgrade as scaremongering.

对于德国的不妥协态度，法国有明显的挫败感，但高级官员把所有关于等级下调的言论视为危言耸听。