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Diana0209 Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary

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I want to know the meaning of this sentence.

"The figures, which extended the record numbers recorded a month earlier, were "devastating" for young people."
  

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"figures" and "record numbers" refer to a statistic that has been mentioned earlier. From the sentence quoted it is not possible to tell exactly what, but, for the sake of the example, let's say it's the number of young people unemployed. In that case, the sentence is saying that, in a certain month, the highest ever number of unemployed young people was recorded, but in the following month that record was broken again, with an even higher number.

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  • "figures" and "record numbers" refer to a statistic that has been mentioned earlier.
  • From the sentence quoted it is not possible to tell exactly what, but, for the sake of the example, let's say it's the number of young people unemployed.
  • In that case, the sentence is saying that, in a certain month, the highest ever number of unemployed young people was recorded, but in the following month that record was broken again, with an even higher number.
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"figures" and "record numbers" refer to a statistic that has been mentioned earlier. From the sentence quoted it is not possible to tell exactly what, but, for the sake of the example, let's say it's the number of young people unemployed. In that case, the sentence is saying that, in a certain month, the highest ever number of unemployed young people was recorded, but in the following month that r
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The latest figures showed youth unemployment rose to a fresh record high, with more than one in five 16 to 24-year-olds out of work.

Prime Minister David Cameron said the figure was a matter of "great regret".
The latest official statistics showed
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Does it mean the number of the young unemployed has reached to a record high a month ago, but now th
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Diana0209Does it mean the number of the young unemployed has reached to a record high a month ago, but now the number become even higher than a month ago? Can I understand it in this way?
Yes. That's the way I understand it.
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