日本首相呼吁提前举行大选

 　　Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has called an early parliamentary election, 2 years ahead of schedule.

　　At a press conference today, Abe also announced that he would dissolve the lower house on Nov. 21 and decided¹ to postpone² the second round sales tax hike by 18 months.

　　Japan's economy has shrunk in each of the two quarters since April when the sales tax was hiked from 5 to 8 percent. Two consecutive³ quarters of negative growth officially puts Japan's economy in recession.

　　日本首相呼吁提前举行大选Abe said that Japan's economy has yet to return to the path of recovery and the first round sales tax hike had an adverse⁴ impact on economic growth.

　　He added that Japan will craft an extra budget in the current fiscal⁵ year to boost consumption.

　　For more on this, I earlier spoke⁶ with He Weiwen, Senior Fellow of Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies at Renmin University.

1 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

2 postpone   

v.延期，推迟

参考例句：

• I shall postpone making a decision till I learn full particulars.在未获悉详情之前我得从缓作出决定。
• She decided to postpone the converastion for that evening.她决定当天晚上把谈话搁一搁。

3 consecutive   

adj.连续的，联贯的，始终一贯的

参考例句：

• It has rained for four consecutive days.已连续下了四天雨。
• The policy of our Party is consecutive.我党的政策始终如一。

4 adverse   

adj.不利的；有害的；敌对的，不友好的

参考例句：

• He is adverse to going abroad.他反对出国。
• The improper use of medicine could lead to severe adverse reactions.用药不当会产生严重的不良反应。

5 fiscal   

adj.财政的，会计的，国库的，国库岁入的

参考例句：

• The increase of taxation is an important fiscal policy.增税是一项重要的财政政策。
• The government has two basic strategies of fiscal policy available.政府有两个可行的财政政策基本战略。

6 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。