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1
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put a dent in poverty

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put a dent in 减少，削减

作动词，损害
The scandal has dented his reputation.

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contract and atrophy

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萎缩

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threatening its deadline for

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可能不能按时….

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Spooked by slowing growth

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受到增长放缓的影响

spook,使…受到惊吓，意外

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Hands-Off Approach

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放手不管的政策

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China’s “whack-a-mole” property market is making a comeback – but it seems the central government isn’t reaching for the hammer just yet.

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whack-a-mole 打鼹鼠的游戏

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gets the broader economy humming

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推动总体经济的蓬勃发展

if sth is humming, it’s full of activities and noises

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U.S. housing starts fell 2% in January from a month earlier to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.065 million

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housing starts 住宅新建量

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overhang of unsold space/goods

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滞销房屋/滞销房屋的积压

overhang 突出，突出的部分

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shadow inventory

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影子库存

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a diseased industry
a sputtered economy
weak underpinnings of the economy

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疲弱的工业
疲弱的经济
疲弱的经济根基

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distressed industrial enterprises 
sent the global economy into a tailspin
economic frustration
economic dislocation
china's ecnomic troubles/woes
an economy in serious pain
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陷入困境的工业企业
让全球经济陷入困境/混乱
经济困境
经济困境
经济困境
处于困境中
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13
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strong demand for housing
robust consumers
hardy consumer spending

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旺盛的住房需求
旺盛的消费
强劲的消费者支出

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14
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scale back on luxuray goods

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减少奢侈品消费

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Singapore isn’t immune from the threats of terrorism plaguing the world

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isn’t immune to 会受到

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16
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cushion the slowdown

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缓解经济的下滑

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17
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cut interest rates to record lows

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下调利率到历史最低

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The Dow and S&P were on pace for their first four-week losing streak since the one ended October 2014

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on pace/track for 达到

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19
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home-grown technologies

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本土科技公司

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20
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dismantle currency controls

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去除货币管控

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21
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smokestack industries

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重污染工业，传统重工业

smokestack工厂的大烟囱

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22
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scrap sth altogether/outright

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完全取缔

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23
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fudging of data

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捏造数字

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24
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fine points

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细节

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25
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Volkswagen is set to present results for the three months ended in September

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be set to post/present 即将公布

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returns on savers’ deposits

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存款率

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27
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a rush of emergency measures

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一系列的紧急补救措施

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28
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recharge economic growth

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刺激经济增长

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29
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fail to move decisively

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未能采取果断的措施

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30
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Central bankers elsewhere are strongly indicating that they are preparing to open credit spigots to reflate their economies at a time when fiscal policy is stalled or contracting.

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open the credit spigot 打开信贷龙头/放开信贷管控

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31
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the effectiveness will be diluted

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效果将会下降

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32
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deposit and lending rates

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存贷款率

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33
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repo rate

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回购利率

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34
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implicit or explicit government backing

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间接或者直接的政府支持

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35
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latecomer to financial services

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金融服务的新手

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36
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trun the corner/turn around

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渡过难关

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37
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edge up a tad

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edge up

a tad=a little

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38
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has widespread implications

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有大范围的影响

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39
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The President is backtracking on his promise to increase healthcare spending.

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backtrack on 出尔反尔

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40
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cooling measures

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降温措施

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41
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exempt sellers from a transaction tax

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免除买房者交易税

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42
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They say another recession is on the cards.

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on the cards即将到来

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43
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Housing/construction starts（n.）

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新建房屋量

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44
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lift the suspension

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重启

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45
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calm the overheated market

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管控过热的市场

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46
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prohibitively expensive for investors to buy

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贵到令投资者望而却步不敢买
经常和expensive连用的副词
exobitantly
horrendously
extortionately
alarmingly
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47
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CHY

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China Yuan

在岸人民币价格

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48
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CNH

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离岸人民币价格

其中H最初指香港（HK），但随着离岸人民币市场的不断扩容，现在H也泛指海外。顾名思义CNH就是离岸市场上人民币与其它货币的兑换价格。

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49
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Adidas stock is at a premium to U.S. arch-rival Nike’s for the first time.

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trade at a premium to 溢价

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50
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Special Drawing Rights

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特殊提款权

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51
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keep RMB stable at a reasonable and equilibrium level

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保持人民币在合理均衡水平

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52
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a raft of government stimulus measures

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大量政府刺激措施

a raft of 数量多

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53
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prevent an exodus of capital

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防止资金外流

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54
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give market forces a bigger role

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给予市场更多的权利

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55
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sclerotic state-owned enterprises

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僵化的国企

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56
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What happened was the effort to fund the government for another year met some pretty strong headwinds from conservatives in the Senate.

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face/meet strong headwinds
面临很大的阻力/困难

give a tailwind to sth 助长

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57
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anemic economy

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疲弱的经济

anemic白血病的

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58
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Government intervention in China’s stock market has added to its wild swings/volatility.

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add to the swings/volatility加剧了动荡

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59
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quell the smoldering dissatisfaction

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be smouldering with resentment
心里愤愤不平
怒火中烧的感觉

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60
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required reserves

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准备金

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61
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Liverpool cruise to their sixth successive win this afternoon.

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cruise to 轻松获得

见词典 to do sth quickly and easily

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62
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a blanket tightening policy

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大范围的收紧措施

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63
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fueled sky-high property prices

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加剧高房价

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64
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making extravagant bids for

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花大价钱投标

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65
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betrays a different story

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揭示了一个不同的事实

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66
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The Pentagon has taken a back seat to Secretary of State John Kerry in shaping relations with Russia.

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take a back seat to sb/sth 退居其次，让步

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67
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take the driver’s seat

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主导作用

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68
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showing some sign of stablization

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显示出企稳的迹象

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69
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painted a discouraging picture

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情况不容乐观

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70
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bricks-and-mortar stores

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实体店

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71
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The results counter conventional wisdom that the Web and making money are mutually exclusive.

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conventional wisdom 常识

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72
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giant smog-belching industrial sector

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污染严重的工业

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73
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mull( over)

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酝酿,仔细思考

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74
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test the bottom line of companies

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减少公司的收益

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75
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The new development will act as a catalyst for growth in business and tourism.

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a healthy catalyst for 很好地刺激

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76
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roaming the streets

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漫步，闲逛

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77
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reach a common ground with sb

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达成共识

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78
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Beijing has gone to extraordinary lengths to sweep the Internet clean of outspoken celebrities

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go to great lengths
at full stretch
go all out to do sth竭尽全力

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The seg­ment called “other bets” ran up an op­er­at­ing loss of $3.7 bil­lion for the 12-month pe­riod ended March 31.

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run up a debt of 积累债务

80
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But of­ten mis­un­der-stood about Google is how ef­forts to ad­vance space-age sound­ing tech­nol­ogy can un­der­pin the com­pa­ny’s key value propo­si­tion of keep­ing In­ter­net users en­gaged with its ser­vices.

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space-age 先进的

underpin=support

81
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midpoint for the renminbi’s daily trading range

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人民币每日交易区间的中间价

82
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fumbled intervention in

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疲于干预

83
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strengthen the hand of Japan

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增强日本的影响力

hand : control, power, or influence that someone has

84
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dictate the terms of global trade

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强行规定国际贸易的条款

85
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GINI coefficient

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基尼系数（衡量收入差距，基尼系数越小，年收入分配越平均，基尼系数越大，年收入分配越不平均。）

86
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weak/slack demand

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低迷的需求

87
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subdued commodity prices

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低迷的商品价格

88
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slower pace/pace is slower
slower growth
rise less rapidly

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涨幅回落，涨幅收紧

89
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thanks/due in no small part to

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很大程度上由于

90
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freight volume

91
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cash-strapped shoppers

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资金紧张的商户

92
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consumer’s purse has shrunk

A

钱包缩水

92
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raise the spectre of

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引发担忧

spectre引发担忧的事情，幽灵👻

93
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glow with health

94
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open the credit spigot

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放开信贷龙头/管控

95
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worsen a supply glut in apartments

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加剧房屋库存过剩

glutted property market

96
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reach a pleateau

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达到饱和

plateau: a period of time when something stops increasing or improving

97
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navigate a sharp slowdown

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应对处理经济的大幅度下滑

navigate:
to deal effectively with a complicated situation

98
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prohibitively expensive for investors to do

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贵到让投资者望而却步

和expensive 搭配使用的副词
exobitantly
extortionately
astronomical

99
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The skin is an accurate barometer of emotional and physical health.

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be a barometer of sth 标志，反映出，晴雨表

100
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carve out market niches

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确定/占据了市场商机/先机

101
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basket of reserve currencies

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储备货币篮子

102
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regulations that have crimped new lending

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阻碍

crimp:to prevent something from increasing or developing

103
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Several Japanese companies have dramatically pared back their manufacturing investments this year.

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pare back=reduce

104
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short sell

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卖空，又称做空，高位时借贷卖出，低位时买进归还

105
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long buy

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买空，低价时借贷买进，高价时卖出归还

106
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Echoes of this history reverberate today in the South China Sea

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历史再次重演

107
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currency manipulator

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汇率操纵国

108
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tone down the bombastic language

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缓和言辞激烈的语言

109
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bluster and nonsense

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口出狂言，胡言乱语

110
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gain traction with

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获得…的支持

111
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tantalizingly close

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近在咫尺，唾手可得

112
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has an opening to

113
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see the economy reeling

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经济陷入困境

114
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nurse the economy through the uncertainties

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让美国经济安稳度过各种不稳定性

115
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puzzle over head-scratchers

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力求找到解决棘手问题的方法

116
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ramp up production

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提高产量

117
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flagging industry

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日渐式微的产业

118
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strain the grid to limit

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电力的使用已经到了极限

119
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pare back interest rate

120
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sit on sb’s hands

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不采取行动

121
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line up at the pump

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排起长队来加油

122
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guzzle more gas

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耗更多的油

123
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feel as beholden to sb

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觉得欠某人的情/对…微微诺诺

124
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has/hold implications for

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有….的影响

125
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force sb to their knees

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让…某人跪下

126
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Thawing relationships

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关系的缓和

127
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black swan

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比喻意想不到的时间，一般会带来巨大影响

128
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provide a considerable headwind

129
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be on one’s toes

130
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offer/give better odds on sth than sth

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认为…可能性更大

131
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be a recipe for

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会带来，招致

132
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policy mix

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政策组合

133
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upset the global growth trajectory

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改变全球经济增长的轨迹

134
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undershoot the target

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未能达到目标

135
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strike back at

136
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grow in tandem with

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同步增长

137
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back to the drawing board

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努力白费，回到原点

138
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be snatched up by

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被…抢走

139
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oil patch

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油市的低迷

a difficult/rough patch 艰难时期

140
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wonkish discussions

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一本正经的讨论

141
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be courtesy of

142
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jawbone the market

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提振市场

jawbone 下颌骨是往上的

143
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yet another/more/higher sth

144
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isn’t equipped to

145
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within hailing distance

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近在咫尺

146
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is on course to

147
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pumping flat-out

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以最大限度产油

148
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to sb’s credit

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多亏了某人，由于某人的功劳

149
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recent jolt in futures

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近期期货市场的震荡

150
Q

the OPEC heavyweight

A

指沙特

heavyweight有重要影响力的人

151
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bearish sentiment

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看空的情绪，消极的情绪

152
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hard sell

153
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come online

A

复苏，恢复

154
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comes on the heels of

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接踵而至

155
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prove a windfall for

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促进，有利于

156
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run counter to

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背道而驰

157
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prove another impediment to curbing output

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impede-impediment阻碍

158
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cartel members

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cartel指OPEC垄断组织

carton 纸盒

159
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added his voice to the chorus of sb saying

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对…表示赞同，附和

160
Q

rocky ride in crude prices

Oil markets have gyrated in recent days.

A

油价的剧烈波动

gyrate/’d3aireit/ 波动

161
Q

pump jack

A

抽油机

nodding donkey

162
Q

creep up behind us

A

悄然来临

163
Q

Those talks unraveled

A

谈崩了

unravel=fail 瓦解,失败

164
Q

refused to entertain any discussion

A

拒绝接受任何讨论

entertain an idea持有某种想法

165
Q

taper off production

A

taper off=cut down on=pare back

tapered trousers 收脚裤

166
Q

stars are aligning for sth

A

种种迹象表明…

167
Q

beating out the previous production high

A

beat out超过

168
Q

ramp-up in production

169
Q

increased wagers on

A

增加赌注

170
Q

served as a catalyst to

171
Q

output would plateau

A

产量停滞

172
Q

out of whack

173
Q

lie through one‘s teeth

A

撒弥天大谎

174
Q

his words carry some weight

A

有一定分量

175
Q

cemented its reputation as a heavyweight in

A

巩固了他的霸主地位

176
Q

has a “rosy” long-term outlook for

A

对…前景十分看好

177
Q

discount the possibility

A

认为没有可能性，不以为然

178
Q

a whiff of sth

A

一丝…的迹象

179
Q

keep sth under wraps

180
Q

stream into

A

涌入，流入

181
Q

keeping their purse strings tight

A

腰包紧张

cash-strapped

182
Q

the canary in the calming to sb

A

预警，警示，提醒

183
Q

reads between the lines

A

体会背后的深意

184
Q

emerging market assets tanked

A

tank 暴跌

=plummet=plunge=nosedive

185
Q

service a debt

A

支付债务利息

186
Q

price-to-earnings ratios

187
Q

poo-pooed chances that

A

poo-poo 认为…是一坨屎

这里指认为…不可能发生

188
Q

lock in the oil price

A

锁定油价

189
Q

buzzed over sth

A

热烈讨论，盛传…

190
Q

state coffer

191
Q

net a windfall gain for sb

A

为…囊获意外之财

192
Q

the outlook is not all plain sailing for sb

A

前景并非一片光明/一帆风顺

193
Q

turning a cold shoulder to sth

A

没有表现出太大的兴趣

不屑一顾=shrug it off=scoff at

194
Q

boost anemic economies

A

疲弱的经济

sluggish=anemic=subdued

195
Q

second only to US

A

仅次于美国

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