preliminary estimate

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The author then makes a preliminary estimate on Wenzhou underground economy by making comparison and discussion about the currency flow during 1990-1999.
通过对温州地区自1990年至1999年的十年间广义货币流量的比较分析，对温州地区地下经济规模进行了初步估计。
Moreover, this is a preliminary estimate and past revisions have sometimes been quite large; barely perceptible growth of 0.1% in late 2009 was subsequently pushed up to 0.5%.
此外，这只是初步估计，有前车之鉴表明初步估计与事实有时相差甚大。 2009年末几乎不能感觉到的0.1%增长率最终被推升至0.5%.
The region's economies grew by an average of 6% last year, according to a preliminary estimate from the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean.
根据联合国拉美暨加勒比海经济委员会的初步估计，去年拉丁美洲的经济平均增长了6%。

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