Companies grapple with rising costs

Related words；

1. commodity 大宗商品
2. monetary policies 貨幣政策
3. runaway 來勢(shì)迅猛的，難以控的
4. inventory 庫(kù)存，存貨
5. combat 防止，抑制 combat inflation/ crime/ racism 抑制通貨膨脹、犯罪、種族
6. remedial 補(bǔ)救的，糾正的,或者是補(bǔ)習(xí)的 remedial classs 補(bǔ)習(xí)班
7. refund 退還，退款，償付
8. micro and small enterprise 小微企業(yè)
9. weather the difficulties 度過危機(jī)
10. logistics service provider 物流服務(wù)
11. amid a risk of high inflation 在高通脹的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)之下

Vocabulary：

1. conundrum 難以解決的問題
2. spawn 引發(fā)，創(chuàng)造 e.g. New technology has spawned new business opportunities
3. even as 正當(dāng)
4. turmoil 動(dòng)亂，騷亂
5. crimp = hinder =hamper 阻礙，阻止
6. the lingering COVID-19 pandemic 揮之不去的疫情
7. render 給予，提供，render assistance使成為使變得

Nice sentence：

1. （原材料漲價(jià)導(dǎo)致產(chǎn)品價(jià)格上漲和訂單下滑）Rising raw material prices may push up companies's costs. The surging prices of commodities and energy, whose negative impact has been amplified by the lingering COVID-19 pandemic, have left companies with no better choice. They either have to absorb such rising costs and settle for lower profits, or raise product prices to remain profitable and grow. If they raise prices of their products or services, it may have an impact on downstream consumption. In addition, they might also experience a dramatic plunge in their orders due to unstable raw material prices.