In his remarks, he spoke of a new era and lifting Brazil out of the economic doldrums.

特梅尔在讲话中谈到了新时代，以及让巴西摆脱经济低迷。

That latter point, it would be one thing if the Fed had done the 500 basis points, also known as five percentage points of rate hikes, and we were now in the economic doldrums.

后一点，如果美联储加息 500 个基点（也称为 5 个百分点），而我们现在正处于经济低迷之中，那将是一回事。

Winning the Olympic bid three years ago was supposed to be Japan's badly needed comeback after years in the economic doldrums and the disasters in March of 2011 that killed thousands and shook Japan to the core.

三年前赢得奥运申办被认为是日本在多年经济低迷和 2011 年 3 月造成数千人死亡并震撼日本的灾难之后急需的复出。