Stoke is a city located in the West Midlands, England.
它是英格兰西米德兰兹郡的一个城市。
The match ended in a thrilling 2-2 draw between Stoke City and Manchester United.
比赛以斯托克城和曼联2-2战平激动人心的方式结束。
Stoke has a rich industrial history, particularly in pottery manufacturing.
斯托克有着丰富的工业历史，尤其是陶器制造业。
The Britannia Stadium is the home ground of Stoke City Football Club.
英格兰足球俱乐部斯托克城的主场是 Britannia Stadium。
Stoke's defense was rock-solid during their recent championship campaign.
斯托克队在最近的冠军争夺战中防守坚如磐石。
He scored a stunning goal for Stoke in their victory against Liverpool.
他在对利物浦的比赛中为斯托克城打入了精彩的一球。
The fans were ecstatic when Stoke secured promotion to the Premier League.
当斯托克升入英超联赛时，球迷们欣喜若狂。
Stoke has been investing in infrastructure to boost tourism in the area.
斯托克正在投资基础设施以提升该地区的旅游业。
Stoke City's manager, Tony Pulis, is known for his tactical prowess.
斯托克城的主教练托尼·普利斯以其战术智慧闻名。
After a disappointing season, Stoke hopes to bounce back next year.
经历了一个令人失望的赛季后，斯托克期待着明年能反弹。
The vice-foreign minister noted that a string of actions taken recently by the US against China are aimed at stoking ideological confrontation and reviving the Cold War in the 21st century.
VideoUp, a Chinese multi-channel network or MCN, is looking to introduce more foreign internet celebrities into the Chinese market to stoke future growth.
Deeper discounts on generic products stoke group-buying, boost e-shoppingWu Weidong was never much of an online shopper.
Nicole Peng, senior director of market research company Canalys, said, "The arrest will increase uncertainty and stoke concerns among foreign telecom carriers. "
However, risks still persist, the report said, citing the Russia-Ukraine conflict which could stoke renewed spikes in commodity prices and global inflation and induce further monetary tightening if protracted or escalated.
However, recent years have witnessed repeated rhetoric stoking ideological confrontation, hatred and prejudice, and the resulting acts of encirclement and suppression, and even regional wars and conflicts.
He further said this could exacerbate local debt issues, stoking a fear of a potential risk, like local government debt snowballing into a "black swan event".
Dong said the three major economic zones enjoy favorable conditions and advantages to build themselves into world-class clusters, which will strongly boost regional development, bridge the gap between China's northern and southern regions and stoke growth in central and western regions.
Add to that factors like rising disposable incomes that stoke consumption upgrade, huge demographic segments of consumers, future growth prospects, economic resilience amid the COVID-19 pandemic and game-changing multilateral, regional and bilateral trade agreements, and it becomes easy to understand why MNCs are furiously developing China-specific strategies, experts said.
The global revival in the personal luxury goods market has been powered by the dynamism of local consumption, particularly in China and the United States, which now form a dual engine stoking the gains of the sector, according to consultancy firm Bain & Co's Luxury Goods Worldwide Market Study, which was released in December.
In addition, measures that can enlarge the middle-income group and narrow the income gaps between various strata of society will stoke high-quality development and lead to common prosperity in the coming 10 to 15 years, he said.
Countercyclical tools seek to offset possible negative effects of economic cycles like a slowing economy by adding stimulus to stoke growth.
The public transfer income soared 30.4 percent in the cited quarter, as the government provided stimulus checks to households to stoke private consumption and help raise the revenue of the self-employed micro business owners.
Economists say cooperation can stoke growth; shared tech progress foreseenDeepening economic cooperation with China may help reinforce many emerging economies' foundation for economic growth that has been shaken by the COVID-19 pandemic, leading economists said on Monday.
The e-Conomy Africa 2020 report said factors stoking growth are a combination of increased access to faster and better quality internet connectivity, a rapidly expanding urban population, a growing tech talent pool, a vibrant startup ecosystem, and Africa's commitment to creating the world's largest single market under the African Continental Free Trade Area agreement.
"The nation should continue to play this role by sticking to high-quality development that refrains from ultra-loose monetary condition to stoke GDP growth," Dong said.
Prior to that, in recent years, various government policies helped expand domestic demand, optimized the pattern of the distribution of income, enlarged the middle-income group, and promoted the deep integration of online and offline consumption, all of which helped stoke growth of consumption of services.
Aging population set to strengthen workforce, stoke consumption, upgrade industryIn an aging society where consumption upgrade is the new normal, elderly Chinese consumers are pursuing high-quality lifestyles with gusto－and their choices and preferences are spurring the growth of the so-called silver-haired economy comprising multiple sectors like elderly care services and elderly tourism.
The tariff exclusion, together with efforts by China to further open its markets and increased market demand following its robust recovery from the pandemic, helped to stoke US exports, according to Allen.
Decarbonization efforts in China will not stoke inflation, says NDB officialGrowing impetus for decarbonizing efforts in China and the rest of the world will spawn new technologies that will change the ways of production, instead of just cutting carbon-intensive production and stoking inflation, a senior executive of a leading global financial institution said. "
Backed by the Shanghai center's scientific research strengths and Suzhou's industrial advantages, the Suzhou institute targets at cell therapy and immunotherapy and will help establish the country's competitiveness and industrial development advantages in the field of cell medicine and stoke the growth of a number of large-scale enterprises.
To promote domestic consumption of high-quality products and services and thereby stoke high-quality economic development, it is necessary to further boost domestic brands, said Bai Chongen, dean of Tsinghua University's School of Economics and Management.
With the gradual recovery of China's economy on the back of effective contagion-control measures, post-COVID-19 domestic travels have been on the rise, stoking enormous demand for tourism-related consumption from Chinese citizens as well as expatriates.
According to industry experts and officials, current market performance is stoking expectations of more supportive measures to be rolled out at an accelerated pace for stabilization in accordance with the central government's stance.
Bain & Co's Luxury Goods Worldwide Market Study which was released in December said the global revival in the personal luxury goods market has been powered by the dynamism of local consumption, particularly in China and the United States, which now form a dual engine stoking the gains of the sector.
Other factors that will stoke diamond consumption are China's rising middle-income shoppers and the emotionally more expressive younger generation of consumers who give gifts and have mastered the art of treating themselves well or tastefully, without being indulgent or crass.
推动钻石消费的其他因素包括中国日益壮大的中产阶级消费者，以及情感表达更为直接的年轻一代消费者。他们善于赠送礼物，深谙如何在不过度放纵、保持品位的同时，精心犒赏自己。
According to him, decarbonization efforts are expected to spawn new technologies that will enable new, low-carbon production processes to replace the old ones, instead of just cutting carbon-intensive production and stoking inflation.
据他所述，脱碳行动有望催生新技术，这些技术将支持新的低碳生产流程取代旧流程，而非仅仅削减碳密集型生产并加剧通胀。
Though experts believe that market-based moves to spur green technologies and low-carbon production will help keep price levels stable, they still warned that greatly slashing carbon-intensive capacity in a sudden way could be risky and stoke inflation.
尽管专家认为，通过市场手段推动绿色技术发展和低碳生产有助于保持价格水平稳定，但他们仍警告称，若以过于突然的方式大幅削减碳密集型产能，可能会带来风险并引发通胀。
Chile, the world's top supplier of copper and second-largest lithium producer, has decided to shut its borders from Monday to May 1 to contain a new wave of COVID-19 cases, stoking concerns that metal exports will be restricted and further fuel a rally in international commodity prices.
智利，作为全球最大的铜供应商和第二大锂生产国，已决定从周一至5月1日关闭其边境，以遏制新一波COVID-19病例的传播。这一举措引发了人们对金属出口将受到限制的担忧，可能会进一步推高国际大宗商品价格。
"We can't expect the border closure alone to stoke copper prices based on current information.
根据目前的信息，我们不能指望边境关闭本身就能刺激铜价上涨。
Trends that are stoking glad tidings in that direction are adoption of digital technologies, online sales, and value-added services like better management of residential estates, redesign of interiors for the work/study-from-home era, and introduction of green and sustainable building practices.
正在推动这一方向喜讯的趋势包括采用数字技术、在线销售以及诸如更好地管理住宅区、为在家工作/学习时代重新设计室内空间以及引入绿色和可持续建筑实践等增值服务。
Homestay listings platforms' proactive measures stoke incipient recovery in travel businessAs the annual gathering of the National People's Congress, China's top legislature, continues in Beijing, the country's lawmakers will likely be pleased to note that the travel industry is one of the economic bright spots that is bucking the larger COVID-19-related downtrend.
China's new interest rate reform aiming to steer business funding costs lower will not stoke the real estate market, analysts said.
The policies will help guide funding costs of businesses lower without stoking the property market, in line with the government's pledge of not using real estate as a short-term means to stimulate economic growth, said E Yongjian, an analyst with the Bank of Communications.
This factor has been stoking Chinese parents' anxiety.
From kindergartens to senior middle schools, all educational institutions are much sought after, stoking demand for homes in their neighborhood as well.
"English is a compulsory course at most Chinese schools since the Chinese opening-up, which is stoking demand for education and homes in English-speaking countries," said Huang.
The large number of overseas Chinese, the stronger influence of Chinese culture, as well as opportunities presented by the Belt and Road Initiative and other policies are stoking global expansion of Chinese snack firms, said Jerry Hua, senior manager of PwC's food supply and integrity services.
The Starbucks cup episode is the latest proof that pets, particularly cats, are stoking big-ticket spending among affluent consumers in China, an economy that is witnessing consumption upgrade across all sectors－a topic close to the hearts of the Chinese lawmakers and political advisers who attended the annual sessions of the country' top legislature and top political advisory body this month.
Health-conscious consumers stoke demand for nutritional foods, spawn huge marketHealth-and weight-conscious Zou Jing, 44, a college teacher in Wuhan, Hubei province, spends up to 150 yuan ($22.4) on three "light meals" a week.
In addition, cross-border e-commerce and import expos are new factors stoking demand.
Rising affluence is continuing to stoke jewelry demand, resulting in rising consumption of gold in China, second-quarter industry data confirmed.
Provincial capital a top destination for high-tech firms as city ramps up new infrastructureGuian New Area, a national-level new urban area in Southwest China's Guizhou province, plans to build itself into one of the largest big data clusters globally over the next few years as part of its broad push to develop new infrastructure to stoke a fresh growth engine for the region, a local official said.
Chen Mengjie, chief strategist with Yuekai Securities, said ChiNext's registration-based system has played a key role in facilitating equity financing of innovative companies, reducing their financing costs, and stoking high-quality development of the real economy, with total proceeds raised via the system surpassing 100 billion yuan ($15.43 billion).
Last week's announcement of 50 basis points cut in China's reserve requirement ratio for eligible financial institutions is likely to further boost lending to the real economy, smaller businesses in particular, and stoke growth in the second half of this year, experts said.
Programs like QDLP, wealth products showcase merits of win-win approachA little recognized and probably unappreciated fact about China's remarkable reform and opening-up policy of the last 40-odd years, piloted ably by the Communist Party of China (CPC), is there is more to it than attracting foreign investments and technologies to stoke development in China, investors, economists and researchers said.
If the pandemic is brought under control worldwide, stoking a recovery in global demand, China's exports will boom, given the global supply chain's dependence on China's products, despite that some orders in labor-intensive industries may shift to Southeast Asian economies, he said.
His comments came after the central bank increased its open market operations recently, stoking speculations that the country may loosen its monetary policy stance.
Li Bing, head of Bloomberg China, said the inclusion of the Chinese bond market in the Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate Index will further stoke foreign participation.
BlackRock also expected the People's Bank of China, or China's central bank, to ease its liquidity provisions, so as to avoid stoking capital outflows and putting pressure on the yuan exchange rate.
"It is due to the incorrect view of political achievements of some Party and government leaders, the failure to implement accountability for project approval and the efforts of some financial enterprises to stoke the fires," the director said.
According to Sylvain Makaya, a senior partner of Idinvest, there has been a strong demand in China for innovative technology to stoke growth and address issues such as pollution.
Increase in consumption could stoke fresh private investment in the sectors concerned, which could again benefit certain Chinese exporters, analysts said.
The results of official and private surveys indicate that China's manufacturing activities were easing expansion, and jitters over tightening policies are already palpable on the financial markets, stoking sentiment of an abrupt end to tightening.
Any nation attempting to stoke bloc confrontation, build a NATO-like alliance or launch a Cold War in the Asia-Pacific region will stand on the opposite side of regional countries that stay committed to peace and development, he said.