His rivals knew that they could expect no quarter from such a ruthless adversary.

他的竞争者明白，不能期望如此残忍的对手发善心。

"The last quarter was extraordinary, and we expect both sales and profit to fall this year," he said.

“过去一个季度的情况非常特殊，而我们预计今年的销售额和利润都会下降。”他说。

But a new survey of marketers across Asia has found that the majority expect their AD budgets to shrink next year, with a quarter expecting a decline of more than 20% from this year.

但对亚洲广告客户的一项最新调查发现，大多数企业预计他们的广告预算明年将会下降，其中四分之一预计将比今年下降20%以上。

And things will get worse before they get better: a new survey from the University of Alabama says that business leaders expect the state's economy to go on shrinking in the third quarter.

在经济复苏之前情况还会延续恶化下去：一项来自阿拉巴马大学的调查称商业巨头们预计今年的第三季度阿拉巴马州经济会持续缩水。

Most forecasters expect output to grow by an annualised 2.5% or more in the second quarter.

大多数预测家期望在第二季度美的产出增长率可以年度增长率2.5%或更多来增长。

His business rivals knew they could expect no quarter from such a ruthless adversary.

他的业务对手都知道不可能指望他这样无情的人会手软。

Both exports and orders in the last month have fallen by a quarter from a year ago, prompting analysts to expect future problems for local Banks.

出口量和订单数较至于去年同期都下降了四分之一，这点促使分析家们思索着本土银行在未来将遭遇的问题。

Many economists expect China's growth to slow from its torrid 11.9% pace in the first quarter — a rate widely seen as unsustainable and driven by stimulus policies — to something closer to 9%.

很多经济学家预计，中国经济在经历一季度11.9%的高增长后将会慢下来，达到更接近于9%的水平。人们普遍认为，一季度的增速不可持续，并且是由刺激政策推动的。

There are technical reasons to expect a better showing this quarter.

一些技术性原因让我们期待，日本当前季度的表现会有所好转。

The housing price per square meter surged one thousand yuan on average across the country last year and experts expect the housing price to drop in the second quarter/quarter two.

全国房价均价去年每平方米上涨一千元，专家预计第二季度以后房价会下降；

The price expectation index rose 8.5 percentage points to 81.7%, and 61.4% of respondents expect a price increase next quarter.

居民对未来物价预期指数升至81.7%，较上季提高8.5个百分点。其中，预测下季度物价上涨的居民比例为61.4%。

We expect this will be followed by a much more powerful, feature rich standard-priced iPad 3 in (the second quarter of 2012).

他还预计苹果将在第二季度推出功能更强大、特色丰富的标准价格iPad 3。

Goldman Sachs analyst James Covello estimates Intel's gross margin could hit 60% by the fourth quarter, sooner than many other analysts expect.

高盛(Goldman Sachs)分析师卡维罗(James Covello)预计，英特尔第四季度毛利率可能达到60%，比许多其他分析师预期的都快。

How will the iPad sell in Dec. quarter? Oppenheimer: Expect new records for both iPad and iPhone in Dec. quarter.

下个季度iPad的销售情况预测：奥本海默预计下个季度，iPad与iPhone都将创历史记录。

Analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters expect Wal-Mart to report a 0.9 percent increase in revenue for the November through January quarter.

Thomson Reuters调查的分析师预计沃尔玛11月至1月财政季度的总收入增长了0.9%。

The stock market's strong rally is facing its next test as companies gear up to announce third-quarter earnings that, while still weak, will very possibly be better than investors expect.

股市的强劲反弹面临下一波考验，因各家公司都即将公布第三季度收益，虽然仍然疲弱，但很可能好于投资者预期。

The manufacturers expect to deliver finished aircraft in the last quarter of 2011.

制造商预期在2011年的第四季度交付成品。

However, on the assumption that the final second-quarter data do not change substantially, the Economist Intelligence Unit would expect to revise up its forecast for Singaporean GDP.

然而，假设二季度最终的数据没有太大的变化，我们认为调高新加坡的GDP预期。

The GDP for the fourth quarter will be announced on the Budget Day. We expect it to return to a year-on-year positive growth.

第四季本地生产总值后日预算案才揭晓，预料将回复按年正增长。