step-like rates

The final step in determining tax liability is to apply a schedule of rates to taxable income.

确定应纳税额的最后一步是以应税所得乘以税率表。

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The decision to lift the benchmark deposit and lending rates by 0.25 percentage points is the most decisive step yet to scale back the massive stimulus that China injected into its economy during the financial crisis, and follows a strong rebound in growth.

中国在金融危机期间向经济中注入了规模庞大的刺激，随后增长率出现强烈反弹，上调存贷款基准利率0.25个百分点的决定是迄今撤回这种庞大刺激的最果断的措施。

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This is an important step toward lower interest rates.

这是向较低利率迈出的重要一步。

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So the government cleverly took a small step when it cut rates recently-freeing up banks to offer deposit rates marginally higher than the base rate, arguing that this would make the rate cut more palatable to depositors.

因此，中国政府抓住近期降息的时机巧妙地迈出了一小步：它放开了银行的存款利率，使其上限略高于基准利率，理由是这样做会使降息更容易获得储户的接受。

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Rates of chemical reaction and mass transfer were compared to determine the control step of p-xylene liquid phase oxidation process based on the kinetics previously obtained.

在对二甲苯液相催化氧化动力学研究的基础上，比较了化学反应速率与气液传质速率的相对大小。

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