Turkey has grown rapidly , despite pitifully low levels of domestic saving , thanks to an ever-widening current account deficit .

尽管国内储蓄少的可怜，但由于经常账户赤字不断扩大，土耳其经济增长迅速。

This week investors were so eager to buy bonds they snapped up $ 5 billion worth of new wal-mart debt at pitifully low yields .

本周，投资者们购买债券的心情是如此迫切，他们将沃尔玛新发行的收益率低得可怜的价值50亿美元的债券抢购一空。

Consider a retired widow who has her money in bond funds , and who has taxable income of say , $ 40000 a year . She will have to pay 25 % federal income tax on the ( pitifully low ) bond income her fund gets from the likes of goldman sachs .

设想一位退休的孀居老人，她把毕生积蓄都用来购买债券基金，每年应纳税收入比方说是4万美元，那么她从高盛等公司债券中得到的那点少得可怜的债券收入得交25%的联邦所得税。