the second quarter

基本解釋

Indeed for most of the second quarter, fiscal uncertainty hung over both countries: in Britain because of a close election, in Germany because of commitments to help Greece and other countries.
實(shí)際上，英德兩國(guó)在第二季度大部分時(shí)間內(nèi)，財(cái)政狀況都具有不確定性：英國(guó)是因?yàn)橐淮闻R近的選舉，德國(guó)是因?yàn)槌兄Z要幫助希臘和其他國(guó)家。
GM will fill the shift by recalling laid off workers who will start arriving in the second quarter. It expects to hire no new employees.
通用將會(huì)雇傭那些可以在第二季度前上崗的離職工人來(lái)填補(bǔ)新的輪班，公司并無(wú)計(jì)劃招聘新員工。
If you look at France and Germany, they did nothing in the second quarter.
就像法國(guó)和德國(guó)那樣，他們?cè)诘诙径葲](méi)有實(shí)施任何措施。

One major lender lost more than a billion and a half dollars in the second quarter.
"Most of the economies, including Thailand, showed a pick-up in the second quarter GDP, the Asian region was leading the turn around in the global picture,".
Government officials still have not declared the recession officially over, but the GDP report marks the second quarter of expansion after a record four quarters of decline.

Cablevision, serving the New York area, scored 122, 000 voice customers in the second quarter.
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