He knew it wasn't Cathay, but he thought he was close.

他知道不是中国，但他认为他很接近了。

The airline Cathay Pacific says it'll cut nearly 6,000 jobs as it deals with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

国泰航空表示，为应对冠状病毒流行的影响，将裁员近6000人。

Cathay is the latest major carrier in the Asia pacific region to announce drastic cuts to staff numbers in recent weeks.

国泰航空是最近几周亚太地区最新一家宣布幅裁员的型航空。

Cathay Pacific Airways said on its website that it had suspended self-drop baggage services.

国泰航空在其网站上表示，已暂停自助托运行李服务。

The older name for China in much of Europe was Cathay, which came from Persian.

在欧部分地区，中国较早的名称是“契丹”，这个词来源于波斯语。

Few Europeans had ever been to China, which they called Cathay.

很少有欧人去过中国， 他们称中国为国泰。

Cathay Pacific expects its operations to reach 70% of pre-pandemic levels by the end of this year, according to its financial reports.

国泰航空的财报显示，预计，到今年年底，其业务将达到疫情前水平的70%。

Columbus did not find, as he had expected, the civilization of Cathay; he found an empty continent.

哥伦布并没有像他预期的那样发现震旦文明；他发现了一片空旷的陆。

Cathay was still the more common name.

凯塔仍然是更常见的名字。

Voyage three spanned between 1498 and 1500, and even though the Europeans had established themselves, Columbus was still looking for that elusive Cathay.

第三次航行的时间是 1498 年至 1500 年，尽管欧人已经站稳了脚跟，但哥伦布仍在寻找难以捉摸的中国。

That name found its way into English via a route that was similar to that of Cathay.

这个名字通过与“契丹”相似的途径进入了英语。

The word Cathay for China had been around since the 1400s, and it came into the European languages via Persian.

早在15世纪， “Cathay” 一词就已用来指代中国，并通过波斯语传入欧语言。

That name for the region of modern China filtered westward through Persia and then into Europe, and in English it became Cathay.

现代中国这一地区的名称通过波斯西传至欧，在英语中演变为“Cathay” 。

Even though his job was to find Cathay (China) he was also to claim any lands he came across that weren't already under a sovereign European nation for Spain.

尽管他的工作是寻找中国，但他也要声称他遇到的任何尚未被欧主权国家统治的土地都属于西班牙。

Amid the social media storm that ensued, Cathay Pacific said in a statement on Weibo that the three flight attendants involved in the incident were fired after an investigation.

在随后的社交媒体风暴中，国泰航空在微博上发表声明称，参与事件的三名空乘人员在调查后被解雇。

Stock in Rolls-Roycealso had a turbulent time after a problem with one of its engines caused a Cathay Pacific flight en route to Zurich to turn back to Hong Kong.

罗尔斯·罗伊斯的股票也经历了一段动荡时期，此前的一个引擎出现问题，导致国泰航空一架飞往苏黎世的航班折返香港。

However, brand names like Toyota, Honda, and Nikon are recognized around the world, and the Cathay Pacific airline and the Shangri-La hotel chain are also becoming better known internationally.

然而，丰田、本田和尼康等品牌在世界范围内得到认可，国泰航空和香格里拉连锁酒店也在国际上变得更加知名。

" The most important thing is to make sure that all our employees must respect passengers from different cultural backgrounds and provide professional and consistent services in all serving areas, " Cathay Pacific stated.

“最重要的是确保所有员工都必须尊重来自不同文化背景的乘客，并在所有服务区域提供专业和一致的服务。”

The word literally meant Chinese or a person from China, and it was derived from the word Cathay, which was the old word for the region we know today as China.

这个词字面意思是中国人或来自中国的人，它源自于Cathay这个词，Cathay是今天我们所知的中国地区的旧称。