So, I've got here a term structure; well, the term structure is the plot of yield-to-maturity against time-to-maturity.

我这有一张期限结构图,期限结构其实是,到期收益率与到期期限之间的关系图

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With a plot furnished by Homer, against a setting by Dante, and with characters motivated by Shakespeare, Ulysses is really not as difficult to comprehend as critics like to pretend."

荷马设置的情节，但丁提供的背景，莎士比亚推动的角色，《尤利西斯》真的不像,评论家鼓吹的那样难懂“

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