尽管中央政府减少对新能源车的补贴，媒体预测今年新能源车的销售将超过80万辆，比2016年增加58%。请看本报周五的报道：

    China forecasts more than 800,000 green energy vehicle will be sold in the country this year, an increase of at least 58 percent from 2016, domestic media reported Thursday, despite the Central Government easing up on policy supports.

    China has aggressively promoted plug-in electric vehicles, including spending billions of dollars in subsidies, to curb urban air pollution and help the domestic auto industry establish itself at the forefront of the technology.

    The Central Government had promoted the sales of green cars for years before sales began to boom in 2015, although it eventually hopes the segment will be driven by market demand.

    报道中的ease up就是“减少、放松、放缓”。例如：

    The wind’s eased up so I think the storm is just about over.

    风小了，所以我觉得暴风雨要过去了。