"in deciding the designated areas of investment and choosing specific projects, we followed the requirements set out in the eleventh five-year plan. that way, we can avoid overlapping projects or unwise investment," said an official from the national development and reform commission.
在工作中我们和同事常常会承担overlapping duties(共同的责任),或者和别人有overlapping areas of interest(利益共同点)。现在有很多新兴学科都属于overlapping subject(交叉学科),可以帮助我们建立综合知识体系,当然这也需要我们多运用a model of overlapping things(统筹问题的方式)来学习。
amid the coupling effects of shrinking global demand and rising operating costs, it has been a dramatic upheaval this year for domestic small and medium-sized enterprises (smes) after china started its reforms 30 years ago.
coupling在这里做名词,意思就是“联结、耦合”,例如coupling device就是指“联结装置”。此外,coupling还可以表示“运用、推广”,如:coupling science to production(将科学运用到生产中去)。若想表示把……结合起来,就要用到它的原形couple了,如: her name was coupled with his. (她的名字与他的连在一起)。