Anyway, two years ago, Rob took out a loan from the Small Business Administration, a loan which has a variable interest rate.

不管怎样，两年前，罗布从小企业管理局申请了一笔可变利率贷款。

Professor Susan Hopkins, the agency's chief medical adviser, said XE had shown a variable growth rate but the agency could not yet confirm whether it had a true growth advantage.

该机构的首席医学顾问苏珊霍普金斯教授表示，XE 已经显示出可变的增长率， 但该机构尚无法确认它是否具有真正的增长优势。

Firstly, it's the fact that in those periods most people want a variable rate, and a variable rate means you feel the pain much more rapidly of interest rate rises coming straight through into your monthly payments.

首先，事实上，在这些时期， 大多数人都想要浮动利率，而浮动利率意味着你会更快地感受到利率上升的痛苦， 直接影响到你的每月还款额。