For all this, there is something of a Potemkin village about the Chinese state.
尽管如此，中国的现状有点像波特金的村庄，虚饰外表。Any watch ad campaign that touts its wares as having "pure rose gold" is engaging in a bit of marketing hyperbole.
任何广告战中在兜售它们的产品中提到的“纯玫瑰金”的说法都是掺进了一些营销的浮夸。I just quit the Student Council. I don't want to be so busy. I gave up a good chance of getting scholarships for that.
我刚从学生会退出来，我可不想那么忙了，我已经因为学生会的事儿放弃了获奖学金的大好机会了。Unfortunately, only students from the coastal metropolises seem to have any idea of the existence of such scholarships.
令人遗憾的是，似乎只有来自东部沿海大城市的学生才多少知道这类奖学金的存在。The task is all the more difficult because Jin hews closely to historical events and personages, except for some notable divergences.
哈金的任务更为困难，他十分尊重历史事件和人物，同时也对故事中一些重要的分歧冲突作了艺术处理。I should be very grateful if you would let me have details of any scholarship that your school may be offering to foreign students .
你若能函告贵校向外国学生提供奖学金的具体规定，我将非常感激。Medicaid would be transformed into a "block grant" to the states, allowing them much more discretion over how the money is spent.
医疗补助项目将以“整笔补助金”的形式转移到各州政府，允许各州政府自行决断如何支配该项资金。Having lots of it on the balance sheet keeps down the bank's cost of funds.
如果银行资产负债表上有大量资本金的话，其筹资的成本会比较低。Mr Perrier says Japanese clients want investment products that pay a regular income, which is often used to supplement their pensions.
皮埃尔表示，日本客户属意提供固定收益的投资产品，往往把这种产品作为养老金的补充。