The mainland’s financial position will be difficult in the year ahead as revenues fall and spending surges, Minister of Finance Xie Xuren warned yesterday. Painting the most sombre picture of the government’s finances in years, Mr Xie said that shrinking corporate profits caused by rapidly slowi...
He said as we did not hire a general contractor (we had hired a different contractor to do brickwork and painting) that it was assumed that we as the homeowners were acting as GC's so we were responsible to make sure the roof was not exposed more than 90 days. We had actually contact...
n person or firm that does jobs (esp construction) under contract 订约者; (尤指建筑工程的)承包人, 承包商: a building contractor 承建商 *| a firm of defence contractors, ie who make weapons, etc 军火承包商 *| Who were the contractors on the new motorway? ie Who built it? 谁是这条...
/ 5kCntempleIt; `kBntEm9plet/ v 1 (a) [Tn, Tw] look at or consider (sth) thoughtfully 凝视, 打量, 思忖, 沉思(某事物): She stood contemplating the painting. 她站著审视那幅图画 . *| He contemplated what the future would be like without the children. 他思忖著要是没有这些孩子, 将...
4 [Tn] (fml 文) look at (sb/sth) carefully 细看(某人[某事物]): He stood considering the painting for some minutes. 他站在那幅画前凝视了几分钟. 5 (idm 习语) all considerable 565/ kEn5sIdErEbl; kEn`sIdErEbl/ adj great in amount or...