1.put paid to 結(jié)束
Recession and rising unemployment have put paid to most thoughts of further EU enlargement.
經(jīng)濟(jì)衰退和不斷上升的失業(yè)率使得歐盟進(jìn)一步擴(kuò)張的想法落空
2.chime with 與……相一致
That could mean that the margin of spare resources is not that large, which would chime with surveys of businesses.
這意味著閑置資源的作用可能沒有那么大,這點和一些商業(yè)調(diào)查的結(jié)果一致