So in purely numerical terms, it was the pinnacle of Quincy Jones's career.

所以从纯数字的角度来看，这是昆西·琼斯职业生涯的顶峰。

And that brings us to another numerical term I mentioned, first.

这就引出了我提到的另一个数字，第一。

And that brings us to another numerical term I mentioned, first. There's more than one first concerning this presidency.

这就引出了我提到的另一个数字，第一。这届总统任期创下多个第一。

But while we often talk about it in numerical terms, the economy is really made of people!

但是，虽然我们经常用数字来谈论它，但经济实际上是由人组成的！

Having already lifted rates by nearly five percentage points over the past year—its steepest tightening in four decades—the latest increase of a quarter-point was, in numerical terms, piddling.

在过去的一年里已经将利率提高了近五个百分点——这是 40 年来最大幅度的紧缩——从数字上看，最近的 25 个基点的增长微乎其微。