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8月以来，海运涨价征象尤其严重，走海运去往美国的一个集装箱用度，已从2季度的1.6万美元上涨到今朝2万美元以上。这个代价上涨幅度之大以往从未产生。运费上涨正倒逼零售类企业开辟新法子，来低落运营本钱。
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In industries from consumer goods to manufacturing, virtually every line on the income statement is experiencing a degree of stress. In recent months, raw materials, labor and freight have become significantly more expensive and hard tocome by.Struggling to keep up with demand, businesses are getting creative — in how they fill orders, how much they charge for their products and where they cut back on spending. “The pandemic ate my profits” may have worked a year ago. “My profits are trapped on acargoship in the Pacific” is a tougher sell.
从消费品到制造业，所有行业利润表上的每行几近都在履历必定水平的压力。近几个月来，原质料、劳动力和货运代价大幅上涨，且很难获得。为了知足需求，企业在定单完成方法、产物订价和减少开支方面，起头想一些新法子。一年前，“疫情夺走了我的利润”这句话也许还说得通。而如今“我的利润被困在承平洋上的一艘货船上”这句话更难让人接管。
Supply chains are still backed up. Chief executives were optimisticheading intosu妹妹er that bottlenecks and soaring freight rates would ease. Instead, they became much worse, putting logistics operations — normally the quiet workhorse of corporate America — front and center for earnings calls.
供给链仍有保障。首席履行官们
原本乐观地认为，进入夏日时，货运呈现的瓶颈和飙升的运费问题将有所减缓。但是适得其反，环境变得更糟了，这使得首席履行官们把物流营业——凡是是美国企业界恬静（低调）的主力军——放在了财报德律风集会的重要位置。
Honeywell International Inc. has rerouted ships to less-clogged ports, while also redesigning certain products to adapt to the semiconductor shortage. Unable to secure enough of the standard 20-foot shipping containers, Coca-Cola Co. is importingingredientson vessels normally used to haul bulk co妹妹odities such as coal.
And Home Depot Inc. and Walmart Inc. have decided to charter their own boats.
霍尼韦尔国际公司已将船只改道至拥挤水平较低的口岸，同时为了顺应半导体欠缺的环境，这家公司还从新设计了某些产物。翻译划线句，长按文末小步伐码打卡，谜底下期颁布~家得宝和沃尔玛已决议本身租赁船只。
Even so, paint giants PPG Industries Inc. and Sherwin-Williams Co., electrical-equipment maker Eaton Corp. and lock maker Allegion Plc have warned that they will have less revenue this quarter because of difficulty securing parts and materials. There’s at least a potentialgli妹妹erof hope: Drewry data show the rate for a 40-foot container traveling from Shanghai to Los Angeles dropped last week by almost $1,000, or 8.2%, the steepest weekly decline since March 2020.
即使如斯，涂料巨擘PPG工业团体和宣伟涂料公司、电气装备制造商伊顿和锁具制造商安朗杰都告诫说，因为难以得到零部件和原质料，它们本季度的收入将会削减。最少另有一线但愿的是：德鲁里的数据显示，上周从上海到洛杉矶的40英尺集装箱运费降低了近1000美元，跌幅为8.2%，是2020年3月以来最大的单周跌幅。
Is demand the new worry? Throughout the supply-chainmeltdown, strong customer demand has been a consolation. The big question is, what happens if that starts to give way? While slower growth might alleviate some freight stress, it could also spark a massive selloff. In late September, retail stocks dropped sharply after Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. suggested spending on home furnishings was easing.
需求是新问题吗?供给链解体的全部条线上，强劲的客户需求一向是一种抚慰。最大的问题是，若是需求起头阑珊会怎么？虽然增加放缓可能会减缓一些货运压力，但也可能@激%87nb2%发大范%D2u1r%围@兜售。9月尾，零售类股大幅下跌，表示对付家居用品的消费正在放缓。
本文节选自：The Washington Post（华盛顿邮报）
公布时候：2021.10.12
辞汇堆集
1.cargo
英 /?'ku?st?k/ 美 /?'k?st?k/
n. 原声乐器；不消电传音的乐器
adj. 声学的；音响的；听觉的
2.ingredient
英 [?n?ɡri?di?nt] 美 [?n?ɡri?di?nt]
n. （食物的）成份，原料；要素，身分
adj. 组成构成部门的
3.gli妹妹er
英 [?ɡl?m?(r)] 美 [?ɡl?m?r]
n. 微光；闪光；少量
vi. 闪灼；发微光
4.meltdown
英 [?meltda?n] 美 [?meltda?n]
n. 劫难；完全倒台；融化；狂跌
词组搭配
1.come by 获得；短暂造访，顺路造访
2.head into 走向
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