By 2000 , amid all the enthusiasm for the internet , the dividend yield on american equities was just 1 % , an historical nadir .
到2000年,在各界对互联网的巨大热情中,美国股票的股息收益率只有1%,达到历史最低点。
Things reached a nadir at the end of last year when the ruling coalition announced it would allow foreign supermarkets into the country , only to do a u-turn in the face of protests from the opposition and its own coalition partners .