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But the drop was far steeper than the chain 's new managers expected , people familiar with the matter say .

但知情人士说，销售额下降的幅度远远超过该公司新上任的一批管理人员的预期。

China has raised benchmark lending rates by 100 basis points to 6.31 per cent , but small businesses have seen steeper increases .

中国央行已将基准贷款利率上调100个基点，至6.31%，但小型企业面临更加陡峭的利率上升。

Not having done so , he now faces a steeper uphill battle after the poisoned politics of debt ceiling farce .

然而他并没有这样做，因此在债务上限闹剧拙劣的政治冲突过后，现在只能面临更大的难度。

That 's a much steeper climb than google 's recent revenue growth of 24 % in 2010 and 29 % in 2011 .

相较于谷歌在2010年和2011年分别为24%和29%的收费增幅，这一增长幅度要大得多。

Among technology companies , only nokia 's 28 percent decline was steeper .

在科技公司中，仅有诺基亚比它表现更糟，下跌了28%。