1.put paid to 结束

Recession and rising unemployment have put paid to most thoughts of further EU enlargement.

经济衰退和不断上升的失业率使得欧盟进一步扩张的想法落空0wHB8Ob.[Py8%。

2.chime with 与……相一致

That could mean that the margin of spare resources is not that large, which would chime with surveys of businesses.

这意味着闲置资源的作用可能没有那么大，这点和一些商业调查的结果一致vfK;;be+ITyeG.W_m&o。