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2022-10-22 15:11 作者:愛睡懶覺的Nick船長 | 我要投稿

Britaly - a country of political instability, low growth and subordination(附屬,從屬關(guān)系) to the bond markets(債卷市場).
Related words:
- bloated public services 臃腫的政府部門
- Britain is still blighted(損害) by disappointing growth and regionla inequality.
- bond market 債卷市場
- default 違約(特別指債務(wù))
- Coalition government 聯(lián)合政府
- Ministerial longeevity is now counted in months. 現(xiàn)在首相的任期以月為單位
- exchequer 財政部
- Plaything of the bond markets 債卷市場玩樂的對象
- sovereignty 主權(quán),最高權(quán)威 enhance British sovereignty 提升英國國家主權(quán)
- kick out of = lay off = fire = remove from power = resign 辭職
- arbiter 仲裁人,裁決人,決定者 arbiter of sth
- benchmark 基準(zhǔn)
- gilt 績優(yōu)證券,相當(dāng)于投資回報率比較高且穩(wěn)定的投資理財產(chǎn)品
- fiscal 財政的,國庫的
- A is a preconditional of B, not a nice-to-have. A并不是可有可無的,而是B的先決條件。 eg. Political stability is a precondition of grwoth, not a nice-to- have.
- tax status 納稅身份
- inheritance taxes 遺產(chǎn)稅
- mandate 授權(quán)
- functioning 起作用的,正常運轉(zhuǎn)的
- ungovernable 無法管制的,無法控制的
- Yet growth depends not on fantastical plans(不切實際的計劃) and big bangs, but on stable government(穩(wěn)定政府), thoughtful policy and political unity(執(zhí)政統(tǒng)一).
Vocabulary:
- botch 笨拙的弄糟某事 botch sth up
- forge = manage 努力干成
- hobble = halt = hinder = obstruct 阻礙,妨礙
- under the thumb of someone/ something 受制于某人某事
- step in lockstep 保持步伐一致
- precarious 不穩(wěn)定的,不確定的
- longevity 長壽,壽命
- eviscerate 切除內(nèi)部成分
- crash course 速成班
- bulwark 防御者,保護者(既可以指人,也可以指物) bulwark against sth
- constraint = limit 限制,限定
- entrench 牢固確立,根深蒂固 entrenched attitudes/ interests/ opposition 頑固的態(tài)度;固有的利益;頑固的反對
- round the corner = approaching 即將到來
- swingeing 巨大的,覺得
- unveil = announce = introduce 推出,將之公諸于眾
- scrap = cancel = bin(丟掉,丟棄) 取消,廢除
- reinstate 恢復(fù)原狀
- disarray 混亂,紊亂 in disarray
- intrigue 密謀,陰謀
- rumours 謠言
- alighting on 發(fā)現(xiàn),想到
- nigh-on = nearly 幾乎
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