cushion the blow

Third-quarter results from a raft of us groups showed a weaker dollar and global economic growth are helping parts of corporate America to cushion the blow of the housing downturn and liquidity squeeze.

美国很多企业的第三季度业绩显示，美元走软和全球经济增长正帮助部分美国企业抵消住房市场低迷和信贷紧缩所造成的打击。

But a harder landing would have big implications for commodities markets and could temper China's ability to cushion the blow to the global economy from the credit crisis.

但一次比较沉重的硬着陆，将会对大宗商品市场产生重大影响，并削弱中国缓冲信贷危机对全球经济冲击的能力。

Aggressive hedging and a long-running campaign of diversification into equities and foreign markets helped cushion the blow from a big decline in revenue in fixed income, historically Lehman's biggest business.

积极的对冲，以及（将投资）向股票和国外市场进行多样化调整的长期行动，有助于缓冲固定收益业务大幅下降所带来的打击，固定收益业务传统上是雷曼兄弟最大的业务。

Officials across the region have shored up price controls and subsidies to cushion the blow.

亚洲各地的政府官员一直通过价格管制和补贴来缓解冲击。

All right. Are you bringing flowers to a patient to cushion the blow of a terminal diagnosis?

你手里拿着花是为了安慰得了不治之症的病人吗？

The question is whether Iran's links with China would cushion the blow.

问题是,与中国的关系是否将缓和伊朗受到的打击.

However, if Chinese demand does slow, rising iron ore orders from other emerging markets across Latin America and Africa are likely to cushion the blow, he says.

然而，分析师表示，如果中国需求的确放缓，拉美与非洲等其它新兴市场铁矿石订单的增加，可能会缓和前者的影响。

Battered banks are set to cushion the blow of further credit-related losses by exploiting a controversial accounting rule that enables them to record exceptional gains when their financial health deteriorates.

受到重创的银行业计划利用一个备受争议的会计规则，来缓冲与信贷相关的进一步损失所带来的打击。当他们的财务健康恶化时，该会计规则使得他们能够记录一些特殊收益。

With interest rates already at0.5%, monetary policy could not cushion the blow.

在利率已经达到0.5%的低点时，货币政策也无法和缓这种紧张局势。

Although the insurer has warned investors in regulatory filings of the dilution, the company might try to cushion the blow.

尽管AIG已经在监管申报材料中提醒投资者注意稀释风险，但该公司可能会设法降低这一冲击。

Get to the point and don't try to cushion the blow or beat around the bush.

直截了当，不要去缓冲打击或拐弯抹角。

Samsung is hoping that the new Galaxy Note II can help cushion the blow from a potential sales ban in the U.S. later this year.

三星希望，一旦其智能手机今年晚些时候在美国遭遇销售禁令，新一代Galaxy Note II能够帮助其缓解由此带来的冲击。

Equity markets generally welcomed cuts in capital gains tax and on savings, and an expansionary fiscal policy helped cushion the blow after the bursting of the dotcom bubble.

股市对资本收益税和储蓄的减少基本持欢迎态度，而扩张型财政政策缓和了网络泡沫破灭的冲击。

In the meantime, airlines and airports must try to cushion the blow from regular delays.

在此期间，航空公司和机场方面必须努力采取措施，降低航班频频延误所造成的影响。

The financial industry is bracing for a fresh round of job cuts as Wall Street banks slash costs to cushion the blow of further market turbulence and deepening economic woes in 2009.

金融业正准备迎接新一轮裁员。目前华尔街银行纷纷削减成本，以缓解明年市场继续动荡以及经济危机不断加深的影响。

Yet some legal maneuvering may help cushion the blow.

但一些法律上的操作或许有助于缓冲这种负面影响。

One is to cushion the blow to families and communities, even if some are culpable.

一是减轻对家庭和社区的打击, 尽管有些家庭和社区自己也难辞其疚.

He broke the news of my brother's death to me, making no effort to cushion the blow.

他把我兄弟死亡的消息直接告诉了我，没有试图减轻此事对我的打击。

A cut in income tax would cushion the blow of sharp price increases.

降低所得税将会减轻物价急剧上涨的打击。

So foreign exchange gains have helped cushion some of the blow to Canadian oil producers and mining companies, which largely sell their resources elsewhere.

因此，外汇收益在一定程度上缓和了加拿大石油生产商和矿业公司遭受的冲击，这些企业开采的资源主要销往其他地区。

His hat helped to cushion the blow.

他的帽子帮助缓冲了打击.

Without the accumulated wealth or the welfare systems to cushion the blow, their populations looked vulnerable.

由于没有财富积累或福利体系作为缓冲，这些国家的人民似乎不堪一击。