周四，国家统计局发布了2016年前三季度工业企业利润数据，9月份当月工业企业利润增速大幅回落。请看本报周五的报道：

    Profit growth in China’s industrial firms slowed sharply as some key manufacturing sectors stumbled on weak activity and rising debt, suggesting the world’s second-biggest economy remains underpowered despite emerging signs of stability.

    The September data from National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) underlined the daunting task facing policymakers as the nation’s vast manufacturing industry grapples with slack demand, overcapacity and ballooning debt.

    报道中的underpowered就是“动力不足的”，例如：

    The company has been disappointing shareholders for years and contriving to hide the real costs of its underpowered global banking operations.

    几年来公司辜负了股东们的期望，并试图隐瞒其惨淡的国际银行业务的真实成本。