(financial) deficit · red letter

chì zì

ch+ì·4th tonez+ì·4th tone

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In hard times like this, no ordinary effort can get our company out of the red.

在这种困难的时候，任何寻常的努力都无法使我们的公司摆脱赤字。

Our surplus has swelled by nearly ten percent in this quarter.

我们公司今季的赤字上涨了差不多一成。

We went into the red last year.

我们去年遇到了赤字。

The business is in the red.

这场生意正面临着赤字。

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