That's what they told him.

那就是百货商场给他的回答。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

and they kind of told him, "No, you're little strange."

他们也对他说，“不，你是个小怪才。”

和男朋友在一起 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

They told him that if earnings go up-- we try to keep a target payout ratio-- but if earnings suddenly shoot up, we're not going to increase our dividends right away because that would set too high an expectation and we don't want to have to cut it.

他们告诉他,如果收益提高,我们会努力维持既定的股利发放率,但如果收益大涨,我们不会马上提高股利,因为这样会导致过高的期望,我们也不想降低股利

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选