en-us	UK economy shrunk by 0.1 percent in February BEFORE the coronavirus crisis hit Britain hard
zh-cn	在冠状病毒危机重创英国之前，英国经济2月萎缩0.1%

en-us	The UK economy shrunk by 0.1 percent in February - the month before the coronavirus crisis hit Britain hard.
zh-cn	2月——冠状病毒危机重创英国前一个月，英国经济萎缩0.1%。

en-us	UK plc had grown by 0.1 percent in January before then contracting in the following month.
zh-cn	英国plc在1月份增长了0.1%，然后在次月收缩。

en-us	Experts have blamed the slump on bad weather which had a negative impact on the construction sector.
zh-cn	专家将经济下滑归咎于恶劣天气，这对建筑业产生了负面影响。

en-us	The numbers are likely to cause concern because they show the UK economy was already struggling even before the coronavirus pandemic wreaked havoc with everyday life.
zh-cn	这些数字可能会引起人们的担忧，因为它们表明，甚至在冠状病毒大流行给日常生活造成严重破坏之前，英国经济就已经在苦苦挣扎了。

en-us	Economists had actually predicted that the British economy would in fact grow by 0.1 percent in February.
zh-cn	经济学家此前实际上预测，英国经济2月实际上将增长0.1%。

en-us	The Office for National Statistics which published today's data said the numbers reflected continued stagnation across the economy.
zh-cn	今天公布数据的国家统计局表示，这些数字反映了整个经济的持续停滞。

en-us	Declining activity in the construction industry particularly hampered growth, with the sector reporting a 1.7 percent decline in its output for February.
zh-cn	建筑业活动下滑尤其阻碍了增长，该行业公布2月产出下滑1.7%。

en-us	Meanwhile, the services sector was flat, manufacturing grew by just 0.5 percent and the agriculture sector reported a 0.1 percent decline for the month.
zh-cn	与此同时，服务业持平，制造业仅增长0.5%，农业部门公布当月下滑0.1%。

en-us	The ONS also revealed that GDP grew by 0.1 percent overall in the three months to February, on the back of growth in December and January.
zh-cn	英国国家统计局还透露，在12月和1月增长的推动下，截至2月份的三个月GDP整体增长0.1%。

en-us	It said growth for the quarter was driven by a positive period for the service sector, although the industry is expected to show a sharp decline in the next set of figures, following the government-mandated shutdown of pubs, bars and restaurants.
zh-cn	该公司表示，本季度的增长是由服务业的积极时期推动的，尽管在政府强制关闭酒吧、酒吧和餐厅后，预计该行业下一组数据将出现大幅下降。

en-us	Rob Kent-Smith, head of GDP at the ONS, said: 'Today's figures show that in the three months to February, which was before the full effects of coronavirus took hold, the economy continued to show little to no growth.
zh-cn	英国国家统计局GDP负责人罗布·肯特-史密斯(Rob Kent-Smith)说：“今天的数据显示，在截至2月份的三个月里，也就是冠状病毒的全面影响站稳脚跟之前，经济继续显示出很少甚至没有增长。”

en-us	'Most elements of the services sector grew, though manufacturing continued to decline.
zh-cn	他说，尽管制造业继续下滑，但服务业的大部分要素都出现了增长。

en-us	'Construction saw a notable fall in February, as wet weather and flooding hampered housebuilding.'
zh-cn	2月份建筑业出现明显下滑，因为潮湿的天气和洪水阻碍了房屋建设。

en-us	Boris Johnson imposed a nationwide coronavirus lockdown on March 24 and he said the measures would remain in place for three weeks before being reviewed.
zh-cn	鲍里斯·约翰逊(Boris Johnson)于3月24日在全国范围内实施了冠状病毒封锁，他表示，在审查之前，这些措施将持续三周。

en-us	Lockdown is widely expected to be extended throughout April but the government is under growing pressure to spell out when restrictions could eventually be lifted and how it intends to get life back to normal.
zh-cn	人们普遍预计，封锁将延长至整个4月份，但政府正面临越来越大的压力，要求其阐明最终何时解除限制，以及打算如何让生活恢复正常。

en-us	Chancellor Rishi Sunak told yesterday's Downing Street coronavirus press conference that the ongoing disruption will have a 'significant impact on our economy'.
zh-cn	财政大臣Rishi Sunak在昨天的唐宁街冠状病毒新闻发布会上表示，持续的破坏将“对我们的经济产生重大影响”。

en-us	Mr.Sunak has pledged billions of pounds to bailout businesses but he has repeatedly said he will not be able to save every job and firm.
zh-cn	Sunak先生已经承诺数十亿英镑来救助企业，但他一再表示，他无法保住每一个工作岗位和公司。

en-us	Meanwhile, the World Trade Organisation recently warned the global pandemic is likely to result in the 'deepest economic recession of our lifetimes'.
zh-cn	与此同时，世界贸易组织最近警告说，这场全球大流行很可能导致“我们有生以来最严重的经济衰退”。

en-us	Fran Boait, executive director of Positive Money, said: 'There is a risk that as growth figures get worse, the government will be pressured to relax coronavirus prevention measures to get the economy going again, at the expense of lives.
zh-cn	Positive Money的执行董事Fran Boait说：“随着增长数据变得更糟，政府将被迫放松冠状病毒预防措施，以牺牲生命为代价，让经济重新运转，这是有风险的。”

en-us	'Doing so would be dangerous. The government needs to put the health of the public ahead of the growth of the economy.'
zh-cn	他说，这样做是危险的，政府需要把公众的健康放在经济增长之前。