| 词汇 | example_english_freight |
| 释义 | Examples of freightThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Supplies were cut and shipping freights rocketed, sending up cement prices. Thus, some groups but not others are labeled "migrants," a term freighted with connotations of essential foreignness and nonassimilation. His ships not only contained his own cargo but also from others who freighted their goods to the planned destinations. While in transit to these farms the camels were freighted by rail and then by road in crates. The irony that cuts through the simulated innocence is bitter for the simple reason that it is freighted with self-contempt. Contrary to popular myth, early trials were gentry sponsored and therefore heavily freighted with elite values concerning the nature of the shepherds' craft. The purpose of a shipping conference was (and is) to set and maintain rates of freight on a particular trade route. The theft of materials from the sidings, freight yards and railway works was a particularly notable crime to arise from the operation of the railways. Cooperatives could secure for their participants cheaper freight costs and a more even quality. He calculated it in both passenger terms and freight terms in 1865. Signalling and braking systems differed according to individual railroads and freight cars. More vulnerable than the buildings were the passengers and freight travelling on the new tracks. Three other sectors closely related to the forest sectors - coal mining, construction, and railway freight - are also identified. The time taken to complete the partnership was short: initial costs were high, but running costs were low and freight charges were extremely high. Despite their rearguard action, however, freight handling has been concentrated at larger stations, destroying the role of the small station in the community. In my opinion the cause of the high freights is a very simple one. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Now it is supposed that these freights are entirely the wicked machination of the shipowners. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not think that it can be contended that a rise in freights necessarily involves a rise in prices. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If the gas companies and others have to pay the market rates for freights, they will have to pay whatever they are asked to pay. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Then a great deal of attention is being given to freights and to transport. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The reason why freights are so high is that cargo ships are tied up. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The shipowners, or most of them, now say that the rise of freights is due practically to the extra expense and delays at the docks. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If you do so, you will ipso facto reduce the congestion at the ports and reduce freights. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There was some reduction in freights when these vessels started running, but there was afterwards an upward tendency. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no doubt that excellent freights do indicate good trade. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The key to rail freight's revival is privatisation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Nothing can get here except in ships, and it is the freights which have caused the prices to spring up. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They have gone up since, but not so much as other freights. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Would it not be possible to give favourable rates to people living in the remoter areas in order to encourage them to increase their freights? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 At current freights the cost would have been about £4,100. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Half of the freights are paid by coal. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Manufacture has had to be devoted to war purposes, and, above all things, the supply of freights has been very severely limited. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I also want to know by what authority freights are settled and on what basis? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not mean the case of a man who wishes he had not entered into a contract because the prices or freights had risen. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In foodstuffs, any rise due to freights has only been an infinitesimal rise. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am speaking of the main movement of freights; and that is the fact as it presents itself to-day. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The movement of freights to their present height is an absolute scandal. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Clearly, if the initial allowance can be maintained when freights are good, one can get a margin which will see one through the bad years. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The supply of ships was coming very nearly in balance with the demand for them, and freights were beginning to fall. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I refer to the adjustment of things like mail freights. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We had freights, and there will be a revival of freights, but that will come slowly. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We can increase, or try to increase, our invisible exports, particularly by increasing shipping freights. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Fares for passengers are very much higher; freights for goods are very much higher. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am not disputing that there are intervening factors, such as freights and railway charges, but they do not account for anything like the difference. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Another thing will be the effect on freights on homeward-bound goods. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There may be a slight variation in the grades of the traffic, but the freights are the same. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The chamber of shipping told the deputation that shipping freights were down to a level which was unremunerative, and that losses were being incurred. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The most amazing explanation and justification for these amalgamations and conferences for the fixing of freights is contained on page 4 of this document. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Where there are freights and passengers the steamers will go. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 All these people are dissatisfied because the reductions in freights and passenger fares are insufficient. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is it not the whole scheme that the public railways pass the benefit on to the owners of the freights? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What they did ask, along with a great many other authorities, was that freights on railways should be reduced as much as possible. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We propose to give relief in the form of a remission of rates and lower railway freights for the coal industry. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 How are you ever going to know that the reduced freights were of any value? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The greater the burden, the less possibility there must be of vessels being placed in a position to earn freights. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have no information with regard to the freights charged for transport by canal. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The increase in the price of sea-borne coal is due to economic causes which push up freights generally. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have looked at some of the figures of the freights that are charged. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A trader has not simply to think about what he pays for freights. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I see that there is the sum of £1,200,000 for sea freights to meet an increase in shipments. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I certainly expect it to play a great part, but we want heavier freights carried between the islands. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is there any control at all of the freights which are paid to the neutrals? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The increased charge reflects the scarcity of that commodity and the increased freights involved. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The proposal is a substantial help, although we still look for further help on the question of freights and fares generally. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We may have a situation in which shipping, for some of the lighter freights, will be superseded by air freighters. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Freights have gone up in spite of many promises of control last year. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The reason is primarily this upward rise in the cost of freights. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The transport charges—that is, rail freights and a certain amount of road work—come to £10,100,000. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The population is decreasing; as the population decreases, trade decreases; as trade decreases, freights rise; and as freights rise the population decreases still further. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Fourthly, there are common tariffs on sea freights, both as regards coastal and short sea shipping. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Last year, they spent no less than £23 million with us on equipment, apart from invisible payments such as tanker freights. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are apparently to have a war of freights, and on the top of it probably a war of wages. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I need not add that low coastwise freights have accentuated this problem. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The practical difficulty is the question of railway freights. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have had to concentrate upon a reduction of railway freights. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Notwithstanding the power of controlling these freights they are still exorbitant. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think that the difficulties of our coastal shipping mainly lie in the cutting of freights by our own shipowners. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The price of steel and shipping freights were also multiplied five times. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They also pay £200,000 a year in freights to the shipping companies. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is another point with regard to freights. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 At present, the relief on coal freights is concentrated on coal for bunkers and export, and on coal going to iron and steel works. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Anyone who has studied railway freights agrees that what we need is a more scientific rating structure. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 When the value of money has gone up or down, railway freights have not gone up or down in proportion. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Supposing a commission sat and reported that there was efficient and good management, would they still argue that the freights should not be raised? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We must mention that because it is one of the major factors in the very high rise in freights. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Of the total the excess freights and insurance represent £31,750.000. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The trouble at the moment is that outward freights have invariably been paid in sterling in this country, which custom is still maintained. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I now come to deal with roads and freights. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Freights then are so low that the building of further ships is not encouraged. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He has not told us anything about the shipping freights. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I can only repeat that the people who pay the freights get the reduction. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 On two grounds, therefore, we can oppose the proposal, because in the first instance we say this reduction of railway freights will not be permanent. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The consequence of that was that freights were raised and the consumer had to pay an increased price. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are leaving, from now, entirely in the hands of the railway companies, what the freights shall be. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Competition in shipping, like competition in everything else, lowers freights; therefore freights were at an abnormally low level. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 How can we possibly protect him against having the maximum possible fares and freights extorted from him by the private road hauliers? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Furthermore, there is in my constituency, the very important element of coastal shipping, which is not nationalised but whose freights have risen enormously. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are told by the steamship companies that they cannot possibly lower the freights now prevailing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In the old days the basis of fixing freights was what the traffic could bear. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Freights have increased to a surprisingly small extent considering the perils of the sea in these times. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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