OG 12 #92 有一句话看不懂，希望nn来解释

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In the country of Veltria, the past two years’ broad economic recession has included a business downturn in the

clothing trade, where sales are down by about 7 percent as compared to two years ago. Clothing wholesalers

have found, however, that the proportion of credit extended to retailers that was paid off on time fell sharply in

the fi rst year of the recession but returned to its prerecession level in the second year.

Which of the following, if true, most helps to explain the change between the fi rst and the second year of the

recession in the proportion of credit not paid off on time?

(A) The total amount of credit extended to retailers by clothing wholesalers increased between the fi rst year

of the recession and the second year.

(B) Between the fi rst and second years of the recession, clothing retailers in Veltria saw many of their costs,

rent and utilities in particular, increase.

(C) Of the considerable number of clothing retailers in Veltria who were having fi nancial diffi culties before the

start of the recession, virtually all were forced to go out of business during its fi rst year.

(D) Clothing retailers in Veltria attempted to stimulate sales in the second year of the recession by discounting

merchandise.

(E) Relatively recession-proof segments of the clothing trade, such as work clothes, did not suffer any

decrease in sales during the fi rst year of the recession.

文章中的这句 however, that the proportion of credit extended to 没有搞懂……

melodyflying

赊账

Sealander

同意，

批发商给零售商的提供的信用，可以是放帐也可以是贷款

roundroundyy

谁能帮助翻译一下原文呢？有些财务的名词看不懂，谢谢了！

游吟者

我理解的是这样：

原文：

在过去两年中，V国的各行各业遭受了大范围的经济衰退，如其服装业的销售额比两年前下降了7%。然而，服装批发商发现，零售商赊账后按时还款者的比例只在第一年有明显下降，在第二年中却增长到了衰退前的水平。

选C
C的意思是，许多衰退前就爱赊账的零售商第一年都倒闭了，因为第二年就不计算他们了，比例自然就回升了

Ringringgirl

RT， 其实真个意思读起来都有点晕，是说在经济衰退期的两年，零售商还经销商钱第一年不按时，第二年又开始比较按时了的问题吗？