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Not All Electricity Rate Hikes are Equal

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Not All Electricity Rate Hikes are Equal
製造商最受影響
The Electricity Price Review Committee recently held a meeting to set electricity prices for April.
電價費率審議委員會近日召開會議訂定4月份的電價。
hold(v.)拿持、召開hold a meeting or conference召開會議hold a press conference召開記者會
According to officials, residential, commercial, and industrial electricity rates will increase.
官員表示,住宅、商業和工業用電價格將上漲。
increase(v.)增加decrease(v.)下降
Officials have already created guidelines for electricity rate hikes, which follow three basic rules.
官方已經制定了電價上調的指導原則,遵循三個基本規則。
guideline(n.)指導原則rule(n.)規則
First, smaller manufacturers will pay less than larger ones.
首先,規模較小的製造商的電費低於大型製造商。
Additionally, commercial and service industries will pay less than manufacturing industries.
再者,商業和服務業的電費低於製造業。
second(adj.)第二service(adj.)服務性的serve(v.)服務、服侍
Lastly, residential consumers who use less electricity will pay less than those that use large amounts.
最後,用電量較少的住宅消費者的電費低於用電量大戶。
These measures ease concerns of inflation, which could be triggered by raising electricity prices equally across the board.
這些措施緩解了通膨擔憂,因為如果全面提高電價,可能引發通膨。
measure(n.)措施ease(v.)減輕、放鬆trigger(v.)觸發;(n.)扳機across the board普遍地、整體
If electricity prices are prevented from rising too quickly, then people’s livelihoods may not be affected as much and prices may stay more secure.
如果電價調漲速度經控制避免飆升,則人們的生計可能受到的影響較小,且物價可望更加穩定。
prevent...from…阻止、使~免於~secure(adj.)安全的、牢固的、穩定的
This means that manufacturers will feel the effects the most.
這意味著製造商將最受到最大的影響。
feel the effects感受到影響、有感don’t feel the effects無感feel nothing無感、什麼也感覺不到
However, considering the global economic slowdown, electricity rate hike preferences will be introduced.
然而,考慮到全球經濟放緩,將推出電價緩漲權。
If a sector’s electricity use in 2022 was lower than in 2021, it indicates that the sector is greatly affected by the economy, and the electricity price adjustment will not be as large.
如果某產業2022年的用電量低於2021年,則表示該產業受經濟影響較大,電價調整幅度則可不要那麼大。
sector(n.)部門、產業public sector公共部門、政府部門private sector私人部門、私人企業部門service sector服務業as large那麼大、一樣大(as large as…)
Based on export orders and industrial production, traditional export industries, such as textiles, chemicals, and plastics, will likely enjoy this type of special treatment.
根據出口訂單和工業生產,傳統出口行業,如紡織品、化學品和塑膠等,可能會享受這種特殊待遇。
based on根據traditional(adj.)傳統的textile(n.)紡織品chemical(n.)化學品plastic(n.)塑膠

📚 重點單字片語

rate(n.)
率、費率(=小單位的price)
fee(n.)
費、費用
large fee
高額費用
hefty(adj.)
大量的、高額的
hefty fee
高額費用
All lives are equal.
眾生平等
All men are equal.
眾人平等
hold(v.)
拿持、召開
hold a meeting or conference
召開會議
hold a press conference
召開記者會
increase(v.)
增加
decrease(v.)
下降
guideline(n.)
指導原則
rule(n.)
規則
second(adj.)
第二
service(adj.)
服務性的
serve(v.)
服務、服侍
measure(n.)
措施
ease(v.)
減輕、放鬆
trigger(v.)
觸發;(n.)扳機
across the board
普遍地、整體
prevent...from…
阻止、使~免於~
secure(adj.)
安全的、牢固的、穩定的
feel the effects
感受到影響、有感
don’t feel the effects
無感
feel nothing
無感、什麼也感覺不到
sector(n.)
部門、產業
public sector
公共部門、政府部門
private sector
私人部門、私人企業部門
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