Finally, figures close to the Franch government have murmured, euro-zone members should agree to some fiscal and social harmonisation: e.g., curbing competition in corporate-tax rates or labour costs.
最后，法国政府内部人士表示，欧元区成员国应达成财政和社会政策的协调统一，例如限制在公司税率或劳动力成本方面的竞争。
Their grades are lower and their dropout rates are higher.
他们的成绩较低，退学率也更高。
reduced their dropout rates
降低了他们的退学率
The use of this little-known practice has accelerated in recent years, as colleges continue to do their utmost to keep students in school (and paying tuition) and improve their graduation rates.
近年来，这种鲜为人知的做法的使用速度加快了，因为高校一直在尽最大努力让学生留在学校（并继续缴纳学费），同时提高毕业率。
For public institutions, state funds are sometimes tied partly to their success on metrics such as graduation rates and student retention - so better grades can, by boosting figures like those, mean more money.
对于公立院校来说，州政府的资金有时部分与它们在毕业率和学生保留率等指标上的表现挂钩——因此，更高的成绩可以通过提升这些数据来意味着更多的资金。
例句取自历年考研英语真题，翻译为机器生成，仅供学习参考。