earnings in hard currency

基本解釋

He put loyalists in key posts, notably at Sonatrach, the state oil monopoly that provides 98% of Algeria’s hard-currency earnings.
他在關(guān)鍵崗位上安置他的親信，尤其是在阿爾及利亞國(guó)家石油天然氣公司，這個(gè)國(guó)有石油壟斷商提供給阿爾及利亞98%價(jià)值穩(wěn)定的收入。

In fact, with the sharp decline in Russian hard currency earnings, the role of arms, space and nuclear exports has undoubtedly increased in importance as has access to various forms of Western financing.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy
This U.S. statute was predicated on the notion that foreign development of Iran's energy sector would bolster Tehran's hard currency earnings which would, in turn, help provide the means for Iran to procure components for weapons of mass destruction, ballistic missile delivery systems and other proscribed items.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy
They also claim that the government is feeling the financial pressure: clothing exports to the United States fell by 27% in 2002, for example, cutting into its hard-currency earnings.
ECONOMIST: Myanmar