It was vulnerable to a weak Japanese economy, trade friction with the U. S. , and a strong Japanese currency that crimped exports.
当时日本经济疲软，与美国有贸易摩擦，日元坚挺挤占出口，这些都使丰田公司受到影响。'With oil prices rising, it could encourage a bigger corn crop at the expense of other crops, ' he said.
阿巴西安说，油价的攀升会鼓励玉米种植面积的扩大，同时挤占其它粮食作物的播种面积。For now, the degree to which tablets are cannibalizing PC sales is a matter of fierce debate.
目前为止，平板电脑挤占个人电脑销量的程度成为激烈争论的焦点。Retail sales are often used as a proxy for private consumption, but they exclude services, the fastest-growing slice of households' budgets.
零售业通常被用来衡量除服务外的私人消费，这个数据增长最快，挤占了其他家庭预算的份额。By the authors' account, students' devotion to social life, extracurricular activities, and (for many) jobs takes up a lot of their time.
作者认为，社交、课外活动和工作（这种情况很普遍）挤占了学生们的许多时间。Some feared the event would divert resources away from reconstruction efforts when thousands of residents are still living in tents.
部分民众担心筹办峰会挤占灾区重建资源，而上千人迄今仍以帐篷为家。The lures of a celebrity culture and the barrenness of the educational landscape have left little room for broader civic concerns.
名人文化的诱惑和教育领域的荒芜把原本更广泛的对美德的关注挤占得几乎没有位置。Using PhD students to do much of the undergraduate teaching cuts the number of full-time jobs.
而用大量的博士生给本科生代课又挤占了全职教师岗位。Analysts say a large portion of that lending was diverted to speculate in the property market.
分析家认为，这些贷款的很大一部分被挤占用于炒卖房地产市场。