从上世纪80年代末开始,爱尔兰经历了一场被称为“凯尔特虎”的经济腾飞。外资的注入将爱尔兰的经济主导从农业直接推进为高科技产业,跨过了重工业阶段。这是一场被《经济学家》杂志评价为“近期最显著”的经济转型。 Since the late 1980s, Ireland has experienced an economic boom called the Celtic Tiger. The injection of foreign capital has pushed Ireland’s economic leadership from agriculture directly to high-tech industry, crossing the heavy industry stage. This is an economic transformation that has been evaluated by the Economist as “the most significant in the near future.”