ceiling rose

In the middle ages a rose was suspended from the ceiling of a council chamber, pledging all present to secrecy, or sub rosa," under the rose".

中世纪的时候，议会大厅里通常会悬挂一朵玫瑰花，表示在这个房间里所商谈的事情都是高度保密的。来自拉丁语的词组sub rosa至今在英语中还表示“保密的”的含义。

Dennerlein wants to blame that plunge on the debt ceiling debacle, but Hatzius notes less soothingly that final sales rose at a sub-tepid 0.5% clip in the first half.

丹纳雷希望将这一现象归罪于悬而不决的债务上限问题，但是哈特久斯注意到今年上半年的总销售额不温不火地上升了0.5%，尽管如此，这一数字也难以让人欣慰。

The ceiling of 2.79 % on 12-month deposits barely compensates them for consumer-price inflation, which rose to 2.7 % in February.

一年期利率上限仅为2.79%只能勉强补偿储户因消费者价格通货膨胀造成的损失.

The flood gates had been opened. As time passed, the ceiling on tuition fees rose, and although applicants from Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales still qualified for varying levels of subsidy, by 2009/ 10 students in England often found themselves facing tuition fees in excess of ￡ 3000 a year.

这类政策一旦推行就会愈演愈烈。随着时间的推移，学费的上限也水涨船高，尽管来自苏格兰、北爱尔兰和威尔士的一些学生仍然够资格申请不同程度的补贴，但到了2009/10年度，英格兰的学生通常都要面临每年超过3000英镑的学费支出。