1. Analysts on average expected profits of about 24 cents. 分析师们对利润的预测平均约为每股24美分。
Excluding restructuring charges, Merrill lost $4.42 per share, far more than the $1.94 per share loss that analysts on average expected, according to ReutersEstimates. 不计重组费用,美林每股亏损4.42美元,据ReutersEstimates,分析师原本预计美林第二季每股亏损1.94美元.
疑问:这个on average修饰什么?是修饰谓语动词的么?介词短语修饰谓语动词一般不是放在后面么?这种介词短语放前面修饰谓语动词的不多见吧?难道是修饰主语的?糊涂了!!
on average 这个词组修饰后面的动词expected,不是修饰主语analysts。
我查了有关资料,凡是analysts(分析师)作主语时,几乎千篇一律都是这样表达的。
1. Analysts on average forecast 48 cents a share, according to Thomson Reuters.
根据汤森路透调查,分析师平均预估每股盈馀(EPS)为0.48美元。
2. Analysts on average put Microsoft's profit at 49 cents a share for the quarter ended December 31, which includes a U.S. holiday shopping season that has been called the worst in at least four decades.
分析师对微软至12月31日为止的季度利润的估计平均为每股49美分,这个季度包括被称为至少是40年来最糟糕的美国假日购物季节。
3. Analysts on average expect the cellphone market to grow 9.3 percent in 2010, a Reuters poll of analysts showed.
路透调查显示,分析师平均预期手机市场2010年将成长9.3%。
4. On that basis, analysts on average expected profit of $3.76 per share on revenue of $9 billion.
分析师平均预期为营收90亿美元,EPS为3.76美元。
5. Deutsche Bank said in a research note that analysts on average had expected signings of $12 billion to $13 billion.
德意志银行的研究报告称,分析师此前平均预期签约金额为120-130亿美元。
6. BlackRock said revenue edged higher to $2.09 billion from the second quarter's $2.03 billion. Analysts on average had expected $2.01 billion.
贝莱德表示,营收从第二季的20.3亿美元增至20.9亿美元.分析师平均预计第三季营收为20.1亿美元。
7. Analysts on average had expected Caterpillar to earn $1.54 per share in the third quarter.
分析师平均预计,卡特彼勒第三季EPS为1.54美元。
8. Analysts on average had projected a 1.6 percent climb in Dell's fiscal 2012 revenue to almost $62.5 billion.
分析师原平均预计,戴尔2012年度营收攀升1.6%,接近625亿美元。
【提示】无论从修饰关系,还是汉语翻译,on average 都是修饰后面动词的。
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