短语讲解：
1. The 50-basis-point cut takes effect on Monday.
take effect生效, 奏效
例句：The prescribed medicine failed to take effect.
医生开的药没有见效。
2. Our GDP growth in the third quarter decreased by nearly 0.5 percent compared to that of the second quarter.
compare to与…相比
例句：The writer was compared to Shakespeare.
把这个作家与莎士比亚进行了比较。
3. Usually, in China, the growth rate below 8 percent indicates the economy will suffer from deflation.
suffer from受苦;患病
例句：They suffered a great deal in those days.
那时他们吃了不少苦。
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