You live in an age of
uncertainty.
你们生活在一个动乱的时代。
For an instant he betrayed
uncertainty.
他一下子显得有些不知所措。
There was
uncertainty about her future.
拿不准她的前途会是怎么样。
The
uncertainty surrounding the election results has caused widespread anxiety among voters.
选举结果的不确定性引起了选民的广泛焦虑。
Due to the economic
uncertainty, many businesses are hesitant to invest in new projects.
由于经济的不确定性，许多企业对投资新项目持犹豫态度。
The weather forecast is showing a high level of
uncertainty for tomorrow's outdoor event.
天气预报显示明天户外活动存在很大的不确定性。
Scientists face
uncertainty when predicting exactly how climate change will impact specific regions.
科学家在预测气候变化将如何具体影响特定地区时面临不确定性。
The pandemic introduced a significant amount of
uncertainty into global financial markets.
疫情给全球金融市场带来了大量不确定性。
There's some
uncertainty about whether the new policy will actually improve the situation or not.
对于新政策是否真的能改善局势还存在一些不确定性。
In research, dealing with data
uncertainty is crucial for drawing valid conclusions.
在研究中，处理数据的不确定性对于得出有效的结论至关重要。
The
uncertainty principle in quantum mechanics states that the position and velocity of a particle cannot both be precisely determined simultaneously.
量子力学中的不确定性原理指出，一个粒子的位置和速度不能同时被精确地确定。
Investors often seek diversification to reduce the impact of market
uncertainty on their portfolios.
投资者常常通过分散投资来减少市场不确定性对其投资组合的影响。
The
uncertainty about the future of the company has led to low morale among employees.
公司未来的不确定性导致了员工士气低落。
Qualcomm said in a statement: "As we said during our third quarter earnings call and in our 10Q filing in August, given the continued uncertainty in the macroeconomic and demand environment, we expect to take additional restructuring actions to enable continued investments in key growth and diversification opportunities.
高通公司在一份声明中表示：“正如我们在第三季度电话财报会议和8月份提交的第10季度报告中所说，鉴于宏观经济和需求环境的持续不确定性，我们预计将采取额外的重组行动，以继续投资于关键的增长和多元化机会。
Nevertheless, uncertainty in wind power supply poses higher challenges to the task of maintaining stable power supply to offshore oil and gas platforms.
然而，风电供应的不确定性对维持海上石油和天然气平台稳定电力供应的任务提出了更高的挑战。
"The stable end-to-end supply chain and two self-owned plants are our solid backing not only for the business in China, but for the group particularly under the VUCA (volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity) context worldwide," said Megarbane.
Megarbane表示：“稳定的端到端供应链和两家自有工厂不仅是我们在中国业务的坚实后盾，也是我们集团的坚实后盾——尤其是在全球VUCA（波动性、不确定性、复杂性和模糊性）背景下。”。
According to Xu, looking to 2023, the macroeconomic environment may be rife with uncertainty, but what the company can be certain about is that digitalization and decarbonization are the way forward.
徐表示，展望2023年，宏观经济环境可能充满不确定性，但该公司可以肯定的是，数字化和脱碳是前进的方向。
After a strong start in 2022, worldwide advertising spending growth slowed significantly in the second half amid global economic uncertainty.
在2022年强劲开局后，由于全球经济的不确定性，下半年全球广告支出增长显著放缓。
Smaller companies may be more agile to make strategic changes at times of uncertainty.
规模较小的公司可能更灵活地在不确定的时候做出战略改变。
"This strategic cooperation will help our Chinese partner and conventional tenants join the hybrid work model in a phased and measured manner," said Hu, adding it will also allow them better adapt to the new norm of pandemic uncertainty, and gradually transform from the local traditional office model into a hybrid model of "centralized headquarters office plus flexible office distribution plus home office", eventually injecting new momentum for the growth of all stakeholders.
胡说：“这一战略合作将有助于我们的中国合作伙伴和传统租户分阶段、有分寸地加入混合工作模式。”他补充说，这也将使他们更好地适应疫情不确定性的新常态，逐步从地方传统办公模式转变为“总部集中办公+灵活办公+家庭办公”的混合模式，最终为各利益相关者的成长注入新动能。
"Regardless of the near-term uncertainty, our commitment to supplying LNG to China on a long-term basis will remain unchanged," said Bill Bullock, executive vice-president and chief financial officer of ConocoPhillips.
康菲石油执行副总裁兼首席财务官Bill Bullock表示：“无论近期的不确定性如何，我们长期向中国供应液化天然气的承诺都将保持不变。”。
Hou Yang, Chairman and CEO of Microsoft Greater China, said industries are facing huge challenges brought by uncertainty across the world, and an increasing number of enterprises are finding that digital transformation and innovation are becoming the key to boosting business resilience and competitive advantage.
微软大中华区董事长兼首席执行官侯扬表示，世界各地的行业都面临着不确定性带来的巨大挑战，越来越多的企业发现数字化转型和创新正成为增强业务韧性和竞争优势的关键。
"In the face of rising economic uncertainty amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Chinese private enterprises still made new breakthroughs, epitomized by the total scale, improving quality, optimized size and structure as well as overall technological innovations," said Huang Rong, vice-chairman of the federation.
联合会副主席黄荣表示：“面对新冠肺炎疫情期间不断上升的经济不确定性，中国民营企业仍取得了新的突破，主要体现在总规模、质量、规模和结构优化以及整体技术创新。”。
This year has shown that Chinese businesses have demonstrated the importance of building and maintaining a resilient brand, particularly when faced with uncertainty and global challenges, such as retail and supply chain disruptions, inflation, rising energy costs, and the resurgence of COVID-19 restrictions, said the report.
报告称，今年表明，中国企业已经证明了建立和维护一个有韧性的品牌的重要性，尤其是在面临不确定性和全球挑战时，如零售和供应链中断、通货膨胀、能源成本上升以及新冠肺炎限制措施死灰复燃。
Chen Duan, director of the Digital Economy Integration Innovation Development Center at the Central University of Finance and Economics, said regulatory uncertainty is one of the major issues confronting US-listed Chinese mainland companies, and some companies that are listed or planning to go public in the US may opt for Hong Kong or the Chinese mainland capital markets to avoid potential geopolitical risks.
中央财经大学数字经济融合创新发展中心主任陈端表示，监管的不确定性是在美上市的中国内地公司面临的主要问题之一，一些在美国上市或计划上市的公司可能会选择香港或中国大陆资本市场，以避免潜在的地缘政治风险。
Chen Duan, director of the Digital Economy Integration Innovation Development Center at the Central University of Finance and Economics, said regulatory uncertainty is one of the major issues confronting US-listed Chinese mainland companies, and some companies that are listed or planning to go public in the US, may opt for Hong Kong or the Chinese mainland capital markets so as to avoid potential geopolitical risks.
中央财经大学数字经济融合创新发展中心主任陈端表示，监管的不确定性是在美上市的中国内地公司面临的主要问题之一，一些在美上市或计划上市的公司，可能选择香港或中国内地资本市场，以避免潜在的地缘政治风险。
As global food and farm sectors face uncertainty over crop yields and trade flows due to the climate change, the COVID-19 pandemic and supply chain challenges, the understanding of policymakers and consumers across the world about food security has deepened unprecedentedly, Zhao said.
赵表示，由于气候变化、新冠肺炎疫情和供应链挑战，全球粮食和农业部门面临作物产量和贸易流的不确定性，世界各地的政策制定者和消费者对粮食安全的理解空前加深。
Meng Wanzhou, chief financial officer of Huawei, said at a news conference in Shenzhen, Guangdong province that despite the company's revenue in 2021 recording a nearly 29 percent decline to 634 billion yuan, "our ability to make a profit and generate cash flows is increasing, and we are more capable of dealing with uncertainty.
华为首席财务官孟晚舟在广东深圳举行的新闻发布会上表示，尽管该公司2021年的收入下降了近29%，降至6340亿元人民币，但“我们盈利和产生现金流的能力正在增强，我们更有能力应对不确定性。
Although the COVID-19 pandemic continues to cause great uncertainty to the world economy, the Chinese economy has maintained growth and resilience, especially for the import and export sectors.
尽管新冠肺炎疫情继续给世界经济带来巨大不确定性，但中国经济保持了增长和韧性，特别是进出口行业。
"During the third quarter, we experienced significant uncertainty in terms of content scheduling, which resulted in softer than expected top-line performance," said Gong Yu, chief executive officer of iQiyi.
爱奇艺首席执行官龚宇表示：“在第三季度，我们在内容调度方面经历了重大的不确定性，这导致顶级业绩低于预期。”。
Gong said the company expects uncertainty to largely remain, and is proactively adapting itself to the new market environment.
龚表示，该公司预计不确定性将在很大程度上保持，并正在积极适应新的市场环境。
Despite increasing global economic uncertainty, international capital is still optimistic about the long-term resilience of China's economy, and office buildings located in the core areas of first-tier cities have become high-quality safe-haven assets.
尽管全球经济增长的不确定性增加，但国际资本仍然对中国经济的长期韧性持乐观态度，位于一线城市核心区域的办公楼已成为高质量的安全避风港资产。
Of those that did so out of concerns due to uncertainty resulting from US-China tensions, only a fraction (2 percent) moved one or more segments to the United States, according to the annual survey.
根据这项年度调查,在那些由于担心美中紧张关系带来的不确定性而转移业务的企业中,只有很小一部分(2%)将一个或多个业务部门迁回了美国。
Gu said China robotics market will continue to grow fast due to mega trends like rising consumer demand for customized products, shortages of qualified labor and the need to become more resilient, uncertainty in demand, driven by COVID-19 and other factors.
顾认为，由于一些大趋势，如消费者对定制产品的需求增加、合格劳动力短缺以及需要提高韧性（以应对由COVID-19和其他因素引起的市场需求不确定性），中国的机器人市场将继续保持快速增长。
This makes the process of planning for succession more important than ever, especially when you consider the unprecedented volatility and uncertainty that China and the rest of the world experienced throughout 2020.
这使得继任计划的重要性比以往任何时候都更加突出，尤其是考虑到2020年全球、尤其是中国所经历的前所未有的动荡和不确定性。
This research also explored how family interactions (both positive and negative) and environmental uncertainty (how stable and/or predicable the current business environment is for the company) influence this process.
这项研究也探讨了家庭互动（无论是积极还是消极）以及环境不确定性（当前商业环境对公司来说有多么稳定或可预测）如何影响这一过程。
Finally, our study suggests that environmental uncertainty encourages past-focused CEOs to plan for succession, whereas they might not feel the need to do so in more stable and predictable times.
最后，我们的研究指出，环境的不确定性会促使关注过去的CEO们制定接班计划，而在更为稳定和可预测的时期，他们可能不会有这样的需求。
Regarding this moderating effect of environmental uncertainty, we have found that past-focused CEOs are more likely to consider succession planning when their current business environment is undergoing rapid change or is otherwise unpredictable.
关于环境不确定性的这种调节效应，我们发现，当现任CEO所处的商业环境正在经历快速变化或存在不确定性时，他们更倾向于考虑接班计划。
While near-term uncertainty remains, we are well-positioned to emerge stronger from the crisis, driven by our purpose and our Beverages for Life ambition," James Quincey, chairman and CEO of The Coca-Cola Company, said.
“尽管短期内仍存在不确定性，但我们的目标和‘为生活提供饮品’的愿景将推动我们从这场危机中强势复苏，”可口可乐公司董事长兼首席执行官詹姆斯·昆西(James Quincey)表示。
On one hand, the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic blocked agents from meeting with their clients face-to-face and, on the other, some customers switched their spending on long-term insurance products to short-term ones amid economic uncertainty, said Jessica Tan, co-CEO of the Shenzhen-headquartered company, explaining reasons for the decline.
一方面，新冠疫情的爆发使得代理人无法与客户面对面会面；另一方面，一些消费者在经济不确定性中将支出从长期保险产品转向短期产品，平安集团联席首席执行官谭志慧解释了下降的原因。
Geopolitical risks, and dynamic or unstable policy environment, created big headaches in the form of uncertainty or unpredictability for corporates.
地缘政治风险和动态或不稳定的政策环境给企业带来了巨大的困扰，表现为不确定性或不可预测性。
"Any significant level of uncertainty, particularly if it is geopolitical, is not good for business," he said.
他说：“任何程度的重大不确定性，尤其是地缘政治方面的，对商业都不是好事。”
He said the pandemic has accelerated four megatrends that will fundamentally change the face of manufacturing in the long term－the individualized consumer, labor shortages, uncertainty and digitalization.
Looking ahead, the Chinese oil major said there is great uncertainty over a rebound in global oil prices.
Ding Shizhong, chairman of the board of directors and CEO of Anta Group, said: "In the face of high uncertainty and volatility in the global environment, we must hold fast to our core values and keep our faith in a community with a shared destiny for humanity, because the sustainability of our living environment and the protection of natural resources matter greatly to every individual and every enterprise.
In 2020, the most debilitating impact of bilateral trade tensions－according to half of respondents－was lost sales due to customer uncertainty about continued supply, the US-China Business Council survey said.
Some 38 percent of companies said that market uncertainty is one of the main risks for business development, with 31 percent adding that they are under tremendous competitive pressure.
Heather Evans, director of Frontier Technology Research at Asia Society Northern California, said the proposed ban didn't come as a big surprise as "there's a lot of distrust and uncertainty about this popular app", which is largely due to TikTok's parent company being based on the Chinese mainland.
"First, it would increase distrust and uncertainty in cooperation between China and the US.
"Despite uncertainty for the shorter term, the outbreak of virus doesn't change our long-term strategy of opening more stores in parallel with building online access," the CEO said.
Airlines with 737 MAX jets and orders also face added uncertainty after already scaling back flying schedules and delaying growth plans due to the grounding.
Thousands of employees have protested, and some have even resigned, over ongoing uncertainty over why the "don't be evil" dogma famous to Google - and once embraced by Page and Brin - appears to be cracking.
Tan said that despite ongoing global uncertainty, more than half (55 percent) of China-based companies polled believe the Belt and Road Initiative will increase global and domestic business travel, said the CITS American Express Global Business Travel's 2019 China Business Travel Barometer.
Asked about the reason for the expansion at a time of mounting economic uncertainty, the chairman said it had taken many years for the company to make the decision to enter China, one of the world's largest and fastest-growing civil explosive markets.
At a time of increasing complexity and uncertainty in the global market, Brinkmann said that the opportunities are in emerging Asia.
Bai Ming, a senior researcher at the Chinese Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation, said the US government is expanding its blacklist to include more Chinese tech leaders, a move that will disrupt global companies' confidence in the US trade system and increase uncertainty in supply chains.
The China-US trade dispute and the Brexit imbroglio are creating a sense of uncertainty among corporates, and Nielsen is seized of the matter.
"We want to navigate the company in a positive way, but in the last few years, uncertainty has deepened.
The current economic uncertainty won't affect the business in China heavily as customer groups for the baby care market remain rather fixed.
But analysts were cautious about whether his departure would dent Alibaba's globalization ambition of serving 2 billion users and creating 100 million jobs by 2036 amid economic uncertainty and rising protectionist sentiment.
Karen Chan, an equity analyst at Jefferies Group LLC, said subscription revenue growth has demonstrated resilience despite macro uncertainty, saying iQiyi is on track in targets for paying subscription and non-ad revenue.
The company projects its net revenue will increase to between 7.21 billion yuan and 7.63 billion yuan in the third quarter, but it said the forecast is subject to "substantial uncertainty".
The company reports its net revenue will increase to over 7.21 billion yuan in the third quarter of the year, saying the prediction is subject to "substantial uncertainty".
Xiang Ligang, director-general of the Information Consumption Alliance, a telecom industry association, said the strong results show that Lenovo is outperforming rivals in the PC sector, despite global geopolitical uncertainty.
Boeing said that previous 2019 guidance did not reflect the impact of the 737 MAX groundings and new guidance will be issued at a future date due to the uncertainty of the timing and conditions surrounding return to service of the 737 MAX fleet.
What's your take on the current global economic uncertainty especially in US-China trade?
We believe in free markets, and global market uncertainty is detrimental to business activities.
"But the US government has become the biggest source of uncertainty for the global electronics industry.
Ross McKean, a data protection lawyer at DLA Piper in London, said this case could have more wide-reaching consequences than the previous one, because of uncertainty about what might follow.
伦敦DLA Piper律师事务所的数据保护律师罗斯·麦基恩（Ross McKean）表示，由于后续影响的不确定性，这个案件可能产生的广泛后果将超过上一个案件。
"While international capital flow has shrunk, plus the uncertainty the Sino-US trade friction has brought to the global economy, China still remains popular for foreign investors. "
Their hesitance is due to uncertainty about Google's previous announcement that it would restrict Huawei's access to updates of the Android operating system in compliance with a US ban.
In a press release issued on Wednesday, EE, a division of BT group, announced its plan to launch its 5G networks on May 30, including the participation of smartphones made by Samsung, LG, China's Oppo and OnePlus, but the company said it has excluded Huawei's phones from its original launch plan because of uncertainty around the Chinese technology giant's future.
Turkey has been making efforts, including encouraging more flights to the country, to revive its tourism, an industry which was hit hard over the years mainly by terror attacks and political uncertainty but is now rebounding.
Vanke Chairman Yu Liang said that the company, confronted with extreme uncertainty in 2019, will abandon any speculative attitude or reliance on bull market thinking.
The only thing in recent months that has been certain is uncertainty.
Hu Weiwei, co-founder of Beijing Mobike Technology Co Ltd, has stepped down as its CEO, placing more uncertainty on the future of the bike-sharing startup.
Nicole Peng, senior director of market research company Canalys, said, "The arrest will increase uncertainty and stoke concerns among foreign telecom carriers. "
"I believe the UK needs to look at the bigger picture, especially with the uncertainty around Brexit next March.
"Brexit creates uncertainty both in terms of trade relations and market access to the EU trading bloc, where a lot of business is being done," he said.
"This uncertainty is causing companies to look further abroad, which may accelerate UK-China trade relations.
The automaker cited a range of factors that contributed to the profit losses, including slowing demand in China, uncertainty brought on by the UK's pending exit from the European Union, weakening demand in Europe for diesel engines, and the EU's introduction of new emissions and fuel efficiency procedures.
"Enterprises are facing increasing challenges posed by human resources management due to its growing volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity," said Wang Zhiying, director of Human Resources of COFCO Group.
According to him, companies tend to invest less when faced with greater uncertainty.
Tyson Foods Inc, the largest US-based meat producer, cut its full-year earnings forecast, citing the uncertainty in trade policies and increased tariffs that have hurt domestic and export prices of meat.
"Business doesn't care for uncertainty, and the current trade tension among the world's economies is creating enough upheaval that Spiesshofer is concerned about the potential fallout.
Zhao Ying, a researcher at the Institute of Industrial Economics, which operates under the aegis of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said most Chinese companies are hierarchical, collectivist, success-oriented, tolerant of uncertainty, long term-oriented, and accord to high priority communication.
They pointed out that escalating tariff threats and the potential of trade wars with US trading partners, including with some of the country's most important allies, create uncertainty that will be felt by Americans across the country and by businesses of all sizes and across all industry sectors.
"It removes a perceived leadership 'safety net' and creates a degree of uncertainty at a time when Starbucks faces a number of challenges," said BMO Capital Markets analyst Andrew Strelzik.
They also coincide with British companies' growing efforts to develop their businesses further afield, amid uncertainty over Britain leaving the European Union.
“We were intending to develop at one point, but with a scheme of that size, especially with Brexit and uncertainty, we eventually decided to sell,” Fitzpatrick said.
Property tycoon Sun Hongbin steps down as chairman of troubled internet companyChinese property tycoon Sun Hongbin has resigned as chairman of Leshi Internet Information & Technology Corp, the listed arm of Chinese internet company LeE-co, adding to the uncertainty surrounding the debt-laden company.
At the time, former House of Fraser chief executive Nigel Oddy said that uncertainty caused by Britain's referendum vote on European Union membership was partly responsible for "extremely volatile trading".
At the time, former House of Fraser chief executive Nigel Oddy said that uncertainty caused by Britain’s referendum vote on European Union membership was partly responsible for “extremely volatile trading”.
Hu Dayi, director of cardiology at Peking University People's Hospital, said, "Stress, uncertainty, youth and isolation－the virtual cornerstones of today's startups－all make people particularly susceptible to all forms of mental illness and can even lead to sudden death.
"The global economy faces instability, uncertainty and threats of protectionism.
The company also identified potential risks, such as the change of actual controllers, tight cash flow due to LeEco founder Jia Yueting and his sister Jia Yuefang failing to fulfill loan commitments as well as a sharp decline and great uncertainty in the company's performance.
"The complexity and uncertainty in some regions have made it imperative for companies to adapt to the local environment with the highest flexibility," he said.
"Any changes in local policies, laws and regulations on, say, overseas investment, or mergers and acquisitions, would increase uncertainty.
The responsibility of Breard and his team is to lower noise uncertainty of the new jetliner, which will not only guarantee a safe and environmentally friendly flight, but also provide passengers a quieter journey.
The decision was driven by uncertainty around approval from the US government's Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States.
"While Brexit creates some uncertainty, it may also allow a deeper and closer economic relationship between China and the UK, without the restrictions of the European Union and especially since the UK has been one of the leading supporters of granting China market economy status," Yu said.
Japan passed a bill in June that removed the uncertainty over whether renting out a property for short periods was legal.
Listed subsidiaries of the two energy giants also halted trading in shares on June 5, after being informed by their respective parent companies about "a significant matter containing substantial uncertainty that is subject to the approval of the relevant authorities".
China Everbright Bank has become another Chinese bank to make Luxembourg its European headquarters, as the continent's financial centers vie to lure Chinese businesses, against the backdrop of uncertainty around Britain's exit from the European Union.
According to him, with the world changing ever faster, it is becoming increasingly important for leaders to be agile to deal with uncertainty and ambiguity.
"Companies always deal with large uncertainty.
While occupational uncertainty has risen, there is little sign that this is affecting investor confidence, with £13 billion ($14.56 billion) invested in the UK commercial property in the first quarter of this year.
China Shenhua Energy Co said in a filing on Sunday to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange that it was informed by parent company－China's largest coal miner Shenhua Group Corporation－of "significant matter containing substantial uncertainty which is subject to the approval of the relevant authorities".
"Despite the rising complexity and uncertainty in the external environment, the tailwinds outweigh the headwinds in the Chinese market," Pan said.
Because of the intricate and interrelated nature of the situation in the Red Sea region, Chen said that substantial uncertainty will persist for the coming months, and it is expected that shipping rates will consequently exhibit greater volatility.
Underpinned by a raft of supportive policies, China's foreign trade is expected to retain its positive trajectory in 2024 despite growing uncertainty in the global economic landscape, the Ministry of Commerce said on Thursday.
Those difficulties and challenges include lack of effective demand, lackluster social expectations, and rising complexity, severity and uncertainty of the external environment.
To address challenges like global economic uncertainty, regional conflicts and supply chain realignments, China must implement proactive measures to ensure the continuous and stable development of its foreign trade and create a business-friendly environment.