Hit headwinds

    遭遇阻力

    周六国家统计局披露，1-11月工业企业利润总额为56208亿元，同比增速降至5.3%，较1-10月回落1.4个百分点；其中，11月当月工业利润总额6761.2亿元，同比下跌4.2%，降幅创27个月新高。请看本报昨日的报道：

    Chinese industrial profits dropped 4.2 percent in November to 676.12 billion yuan (US$108.85 billion), official data showed Saturday, the biggest annual decline since August 2012 as the economy hit major unexpected headwinds in the second half.

    Despite last month's drop, profits for January-November were 5.3 percent higher than in the first 11 months of 2013, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) data.

    报道中的headwind就是“逆风、顶风”，hit headwinds就是“遇到阻力”。例如：

    Low-cost airlines, which took off in good economic times, have hit the stiff headwinds of the economic downturn.

    廉价航空起步于经济繁荣之时，因经济下滑面对重重阻力。