We also cut our profit margins still further.

我还进减了润率。

Profit margins for restaurants are not particularly high.

餐厅润率并不高。

There is some indication that margins are shrinking.

有些迹象表明，润率正在缩小。

So that means their profit margins have been very, very healthy from banks.

这意味着银行润率非常非常高。

Which have a shorter shelf life and bring in lower margins.

它保质期较短，润率也较低。

The competitor like Ford that has slimmer margins to work with.

像福特这样竞争对手润率更低。

Big firms' net margins have actually been rising.

大公司净润率实际上直在上升。

The restaurants in particular are restive, not least because food is already a low-margin business.

餐馆尤其不安，特别因为食品已经是个低润率行业。

Look at appetizers, for example, with an average profit margin all the way down at 22%.

以开胃菜为例，其平均润率低至22%。

It has relentlessly squeezed their profit margins in recent years in search of efficiency.

近年来，为了追求效率，播音无情地挤压了供应商润率。

If they did not, it would hurt their margins and discourage lending.

如果银行不这么做，那他润率就会受到影响，进而抑制贷款。

The reason is its growth rate, its higher margins and its huge market potential.

这源于它增长速度、更高润率和巨大市场潜力。

So the competition is fierce and profit margins, the money stores make on groceries, are small.

因此，竞争非常激烈，润率，在日常用品店赚钱很少得。

The Big Six retailers earned an average margin on domestic energy sales of 4.3% in 2012.

六大零售商在2012年获得了4.3%国内能源销售平均润率。

It would be much more beneficial to put all our efforts into winning higher-margin contracts.

把所有努力用在赢得润率更高合同中，对我来说会更加有可图。

But there too volume tumbled as issuance dwindled and interest rates fell, eroding margins.

但随着债券发行量减少和率下降，这些债券发行量也大幅下降，侵蚀了润率。

We were paying out far too much on basic services. It just wasn't allowing for realistic profit margins.

我在基本服务上花钱太多了，没有考虑到实际润率。

At BMW, one of the most profitable of these, such margins are around 20%.

宝马是润率最高汽车制造商之，但是也只能达到20%左右。

Not the 20% profit margins that were routine a few years ago, but profit all the same.

虽然润率不是几年前惯常 20%，但不管怎样至少现在有钱可赚。

Achieve top-line sales between 4.1 and $4.3 billion, as well as a minimum profit of 8% operating margin.

销售额在 41 亿至 43 亿美元之间，最低营业润率为 8%。