英语词汇“low gearing”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

low gearing n. (a) (a system of) gearing that uses low gears; (b) (chiefly British) a low ratio of a company's borrowings to its equity; = negative gearing n. (b) at negative adj., adv.², and int. Compounds.

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1883 Newcastle Courant 21 Sept. 4/8 Experiments are..being made to produce a tricycle for weight-carrying—a machine with a low-gearing, as ease of propulsion, not pace, is desirable.

1884 Colonies & India 14 Mar. Suppl. 9/1 If the gearing answers the expectations of the inventor.., the long controversy as to the relative advantages of high or low gearing receives its quietus.

1937 Manch. Guardian 7 Apr. 16/1 The policy of the directors has always been underdistribution of earnings and large allocations to reserves, despite the ‘low gearing’ of the company.

1996 Adv. Driving Milestones Winter 34/3 Low gearing..does have a disadvantage: at motorway speeds the engine is working hard and is uncomfortably boomy over a long drive.

2007 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 16 Aug. (City section) 3 Quintain posted a trading update, saying that its low gearing and diversified projects would help it through a turbulent period.

单词	low gearing
释义	> as lemmas low gearing low gearing n. (a) (a system of) gearing that uses low gears; (b) (chiefly British) a low ratio of a company's borrowings to its equity; = negative gearing n. (b) at negative adj., adv.², and int. Compounds. ΚΠ 1883 Newcastle Courant 21 Sept. 4/8 Experiments are..being made to produce a tricycle for weight-carrying—a machine with a low-gearing, as ease of propulsion, not pace, is desirable. 1884 Colonies & India 14 Mar. Suppl. 9/1 If the gearing answers the expectations of the inventor.., the long controversy as to the relative advantages of high or low gearing receives its quietus. 1937 Manch. Guardian 7 Apr. 16/1 The policy of the directors has always been underdistribution of earnings and large allocations to reserves, despite the ‘low gearing’ of the company. 1996 Adv. Driving Milestones Winter 34/3 Low gearing..does have a disadvantage: at motorway speeds the engine is working hard and is uncomfortably boomy over a long drive. 2007 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 16 Aug. (City section) 3 Quintain posted a trading update, saying that its low gearing and diversified projects would help it through a turbulent period. extracted from lowadj.n.² < as lemmas
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