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Economy may skirt direct hit from Hurricane Sandy
美國經濟躲過了颶風桑迪的一劫，但損失還是不小。
(skirt=avoid:躲避；避開。Both parties tried hard to skirt the controversial issue.雙方盡力避免有爭端的問題)
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) — Hurricane Sandy is shaping up to be one of the biggest storms ever to hit the United States but even with the severe damage that is expected, the blow to the economy is seen as short-term.
華盛頓/紐約（路透社）消息 —— 颶風桑迪正釀成為一場美國史無前例的大暴雨，不過甚至預計它可能帶來嚴重損害，但對經濟的重創也只是短期的。
（shape up：start to develop or seem likely to happen：開始形成; 醞釀。The accident is already shaping up as a significant environmental disaster.這個事故已經釀成為一場重大的環境災難。
ever to hit the United States = which has ever hit the United States）
Economists say some of the impact caused by businesses closing will be offset by reconstruction efforts, and point to catastrophic storms like Katrina, which devastated New Orleans but did not deal lasting damage to the national economy.
經濟學家指出，暴雨造成商家紛紛關門所產生的影響也會隨著重建工作的開展而相互抵銷，同時他們也提及了像颶風卡特里娜那樣的災難性風暴，曾經給新奧爾良造成了嚴重的毀壞，不過對國家經濟不會造成持久的損害。
(deal a blow to sb/sth：打擊某人[某事物]: She dealt him a tremendous blow with the poker. 她用撥火棒重重地打了他一下. (b) cause sb. a setback, shock:使某人受到挫折、震驚等: Her death dealt us a terrible blow. 她一死對我們打擊很大。)
Gross domestic product in the region between New York and Washington amounts to some $2.5 trillion, so every day the region suffers the economic loss up to about $10 billion in lost output, said Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Analytics.
穆迪分析機構的首席經濟學家馬克·詹迪指出，紐約和華盛頓之間的這個地區的國內生產總值（GDP）累計大約為2.5萬億美元，所以說該地區每天損失的產能所造成的經濟損失大約為100億美元。
Peter Morici at the University of Maryland estimates that Sandy will cause about $35 billion to $45 billion in losses and damages but then be followed by as much as $36 billion in recovery spending.
馬里蘭大學的經濟學家莫里奇估計：颶風桑迪將會造成大約350億美元到450億美元的損失和損害，隨后會有多達350億美元用來進行恢復重建。
(as much as=一樣多: The boy returned as much love to his foster parents as they did in the past.這個男孩對養父母照顧有加，回報他們曾經對自己的愛。)
Damage caused by last year's Hurricane Irene totaled as much as $20 billion, he said.
莫里奇還說，去年發生的颶風艾琳所造成的損害累計多達200億美元。
（total=add up to=amount to=aggregate to:總計為。 The sales turnover last year totaled/added up to/amounted to/aggregated to 10 million yuan. 去年的銷售額合共計為1000萬美元。）
