영어뉴스 공부하기: Mercedes Benz cautious despite earnings boost

* cautious 신중하다

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# Mercedes Benz beat forecasts on Friday with annual earnings of $21.8 billion. The German carmaker boosted margins by focusing on top end sales, which saw strong growth last year. Fourth quarter earnings were
also above analyst projections at $5.7 billion.
Mercedes Benz stayed cautious on the future, though. The premium automaker warned of lower earnings this year due to economic uncertainty. It sees group earnings slightly below last year.

 

* beat, meet, miss / expectation, forecast, projection

* margin 액수X => 비율

* strong, healthy, solid 안정적인

* stay hungry : hungry를 잃지 말아라 = 만족하지 말아라

* stay 머무르다X => 계속, 유지 (keep, stay, hold) = 여전히

* hold 잡다X => 잡고 있다

* hold on / off / down : on / off / down 상태를 유지하다

* Put ~ on hold : 보류

* hold down : down 강조임 => 움직이지 못하게 꽉 잡고 있어라

* premium <-> discount

* warn 가능성 

* warn of 

* uncertainty = unpredictable = volatile 불확실

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# The carmaker's warning for the year ahead is similar to the message being repeated across the auto industry. Rival Volkswagen has made a similar forecast. It saw a weak economy going forward and an ongoing shortage
of key components. Germany's autos association has predicted car sales would hit around 74 million vehicles worldwide this year. That's up 4% from last year, but still 8% below pre-health crisis levels.
Shares in Mercedes Benz were up over 3% on Friday. 

 

* the year ahead 올 한해

* slow, weak, soft 불안한, 침체

* going forward = in the future

* 12월 매출 5% 증가 : on the month 11월 대비, on the year 전년 동기대비

* Shares were up 5% on the day 전일대비