Businesses in many sectors have been hard hit . there have been a number of business closures and suspension , and employees affected have been laid off or are taking no - pay leave 许多行业的生意都受到沉重打击，不少商铺结业或停业，受影响的雇员被解雇或正在放取无薪假期。
" despite being hard hit by the impact of sars last year , the franchised bus operators had made improvements in a number of areas of bus services , " tac chairman mr jeffrey lam said 交谘会主席林健锋说：虽然去年受沙士事件严重打击，专营巴士营运者仍在多方面改善巴士服务。
The prime minister is touring with his team of economic ministers in an effort to boost local businesses , which have been hard hit by the violence 他信总理正在和他的一些主管经济事务的部长们一起在南部巡视，目的是为了促进当地的商业活动。泰国南部的商业活动一直受到暴力活动的严重打击。
In the lcd monitor market , a lot of smaller suppliers have retreated from the battleground as they were hard hit by the detrimental price fluctuation in lcd panels in the past year 液晶体显示器市场亦经过lcd屏幕大幅波动的震荡，以及供应商的整合，许多小的组装厂纷纷退出市场，因此市场订单也逐渐集中。
