- many interacting causes许多相互交织的因素
- a handful of一小撮
- amount to意味着
- eg:Between 2003 and 2009 (measurable) global reserves increased from $2.6 trillion to $6.8 trillion – an average annual rate of increase of about 15%, at a time when global GDP grew at an annual rate of 4.4%. **This amounted to a big increase in deflationary pressure.
- a tenable view靠谱的观点
- set a stage for 步入
eg:instead run a “Keynesian” domestic policy which set the stage for an unsustainable asset and consumption boom.
-as one put it阐述，如X所说
-voluntary & compulsory自主选择&强制
