坏天气影响英国零售业销售_财经新闻

坏天气影响英国零售业销售

文章来源：未知文章作者：enread 发布时间：2013-05-22 09:08 字体： [大中小]　进入论坛

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Retail¹ sales in April were 1.3% lower than in March as bad weather continued to dent² spending.

英国四月零售贸易额比三月下降1.3%，因坏天气影响了消费者购物。

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) also said retail sales volumes last month were 0.5% higher than a year earlier, much less than expected.

The ONS said that sales of garden furniture and barbecue food were especially hard hit last month.

Total food sales plunged³ 4.1% in April, their largest monthly fall in almost two years.

"Feedback from large food store retailers⁴ suggested that the cold weather continued to impact on sales," said the ONS.

"In particular, the weather hindered sales within their spring and summer ranges."

At the same time, consumers used the internet to do their shopping rather than venturing outside.

"The overall proportion of non-seasonally adjusted online sales remained high at 10%, reflecting feedback from large retailers, which suggested that during the continued cold weather consumers purchased from their online sites rather than in-store," the ONS added.

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1 retail
v./n.零售；adv.以零售价格
参考例句：
In this shop they retail tobacco and sweets.这家铺子零售香烟和糖果。 These shoes retail at 10 yuan a pair.这些鞋子零卖10元一双。

2 dent
n.凹痕，凹坑；初步进展
参考例句：
I don't know how it came about but I've got a dent in the rear of my car.我不知道是怎么回事，但我的汽车后部有了一个凹痕。 That dent is not big enough to be worth hammering out.那个凹陷不大，用不着把它锤平。

3 plunged
v.颠簸( plunge的过去式和过去分词 )；暴跌；骤降；突降
参考例句：
The train derailed and plunged into the river. 火车脱轨栽进了河里。 She lost her balance and plunged 100 feet to her death. 她没有站稳，从100英尺的高处跌下摔死了。

4 retailers
零售商，零售店( retailer的名词复数 )
参考例句：
High street retailers reported a marked increase in sales before Christmas. 商业街的零售商报告说圣诞节前销售量显著提高。 Retailers have a statutory duty to provide goods suitable for their purpose. 零售商有为他们提供符合要求的货品的法定义务。

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