indeed, from the moment of joining, britain was on course to become the biggest net contributor to the budget despite being one of the club’s poorest members.
的确,自从加入的那一刻起,英国就开始朝对欧共体预算凈贡献最大的国家迈进了,尽管它一直是欧共体最穷的成员国之一。
china isn「t a net contributor to growth outside its borders
对于境外经济增长而言,中国算不上凈援助国
the policy exchange」s henry featherstone said: 「it is a popular myth that smoking is a net contributor to the economy.」
政策转换研究所的亨利·非瑟斯通说:“吸烟是经济的纯粹贡献者,这种说法是个流行的神话。
as an economy with deficient demand and by far the world’s largest trade surplus, china is not a major net contributor to growth outside its borders.
作为一个需求不足的经济体,且到目前为止享有世界最大的贸易顺差,中国算不上境外经济增长的凈援助国。
at a hearing in 1980, kearns said, “i want you to understand that i am wearing a little badge here, and that badge says that i am an inventor, and it says i am a net contributor to society.
在1980年的听证会上,卡恩斯说,“我想你可以理解我带着一个小徽章,而这个徽章表明我是一个发明家,表明我对社会的贡献。
the biggest was a switch in the eu budget, which within a few years in the mid-1990s turned the netherlands from a substantial net beneficiary into the biggest net contributor per head.
在上世纪九十年代中期几年的工夫,这一变革就使得荷兰从欧盟预算的一大凈收益者变成了按人头算最大的贡献者。