WSJ Flashcards
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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.
2
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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….
4
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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
5
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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
8
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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
9
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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
10
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shadow inventory
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影子库存
11
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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
12
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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
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
14
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scale back on luxuray goods
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减少奢侈品消费
15
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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
16
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cushion the slowdown
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缓解经济的下滑
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
19
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home-grown technologies
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本土科技公司
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dismantle currency controls
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去除货币管控
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
22
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scrap sth altogether/outright
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完全取缔
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fudging of data
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捏造数字
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fine points
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细节
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Volkswagen is set to present results for the three months ended in September
be set to post/present 即将公布
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returns on savers’ deposits
存款率
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a rush of emergency measures
一系列的紧急补救措施
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recharge economic growth
刺激经济增长
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fail to move decisively
未能采取果断的措施
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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.
open the credit spigot 打开信贷龙头/放开信贷管控
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the effectiveness will be diluted
效果将会下降
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deposit and lending rates
存贷款率
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repo rate
回购利率
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implicit or explicit government backing
间接或者直接的政府支持
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latecomer to financial services
金融服务的新手
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trun the corner/turn around
渡过难关
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edge up a tad
edge up
| a tad=a little
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has widespread implications
有大范围的影响
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The President is backtracking on his promise to increase healthcare spending.
backtrack on 出尔反尔
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cooling measures
降温措施
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exempt sellers from a transaction tax
免除买房者交易税
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They say another recession is on the cards.
on the cards即将到来
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Housing/construction starts（n.）
新建房屋量
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lift the suspension
重启
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calm the overheated market
管控过热的市场
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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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CHY
China Yuan
| 在岸人民币价格
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CNH
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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Adidas stock is at a premium to U.S. arch-rival Nike's for the first time.
trade at a premium to 溢价
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Special Drawing Rights
特殊提款权
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keep RMB stable at a reasonable and equilibrium level
保持人民币在合理均衡水平
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a raft of government stimulus measures
大量政府刺激措施
| a raft of 数量多
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prevent an exodus of capital
防止资金外流
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give market forces a bigger role
给予市场更多的权利
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sclerotic state-owned enterprises
僵化的国企
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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.
face/meet strong headwinds
面临很大的阻力/困难
give a tailwind to sth 助长
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anemic economy
疲弱的经济
| anemic白血病的
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Government intervention in China's stock market has added to its wild swings/volatility.
add to the swings/volatility加剧了动荡
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quell the smoldering dissatisfaction
be smouldering with resentment
心里愤愤不平
怒火中烧的感觉
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required reserves
准备金
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Liverpool cruise to their sixth successive win this afternoon.
cruise to 轻松获得
见词典 to do sth quickly and easily
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a blanket tightening policy
大范围的收紧措施
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fueled sky-high property prices
加剧高房价
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making extravagant bids for
花大价钱投标
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betrays a different story
揭示了一个不同的事实
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The Pentagon has taken a back seat to Secretary of State John Kerry in shaping relations with Russia.
take a back seat to sb/sth 退居其次，让步
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take the driver’s seat
主导作用
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showing some sign of stablization
显示出企稳的迹象
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painted a discouraging picture
情况不容乐观
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bricks-and-mortar stores
实体店
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The results counter conventional wisdom that the Web and making money are mutually exclusive.
conventional wisdom 常识
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giant smog-belching industrial sector
污染严重的工业
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mull( over)
酝酿,仔细思考
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test the bottom line of companies
减少公司的收益
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The new development will act as a catalyst for growth in business and tourism.
a healthy catalyst for 很好地刺激
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roaming the streets
漫步，闲逛
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reach a common ground with sb
达成共识
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Beijing has gone to extraordinary lengths to sweep the Internet clean of outspoken celebrities
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.
run up a debt of 积累债务
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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.
space-age 先进的
| underpin=support
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midpoint for the renminbi’s daily trading range
人民币每日交易区间的中间价
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fumbled intervention in
疲于干预
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strengthen the hand of Japan
增强日本的影响力
hand : control, power, or influence that someone has
84
dictate the terms of global trade
强行规定国际贸易的条款
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GINI coefficient
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。）
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weak/slack demand
低迷的需求
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subdued commodity prices
低迷的商品价格
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slower pace/pace is slower
slower growth
rise less rapidly
涨幅回落，涨幅收紧
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thanks/due in no small part to
很大程度上由于
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freight volume
货运量
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cash-strapped shoppers
资金紧张的商户
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consumer’s purse has shrunk
钱包缩水
92
raise the spectre of
引发担忧
| spectre引发担忧的事情，幽灵👻
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glow with health
气色好
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open the credit spigot
放开信贷龙头/管控
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worsen a supply glut in apartments
加剧房屋库存过剩
| glutted property market
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reach a pleateau
达到饱和
| plateau: a period of time when something stops increasing or improving
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navigate a sharp slowdown
应对处理经济的大幅度下滑
navigate:
to deal effectively with a complicated situation
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prohibitively expensive for investors to do
贵到让投资者望而却步
和expensive 搭配使用的副词
exobitantly
extortionately
astronomical
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The skin is an accurate barometer of emotional and physical health.
be a barometer of sth 标志，反映出，晴雨表
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carve out market niches
确定/占据了市场商机/先机
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basket of reserve currencies
储备货币篮子
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regulations that have crimped new lending
阻碍
| crimp:to prevent something from increasing or developing
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Several Japanese companies have dramatically pared back their manufacturing investments this year.
pare back=reduce
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short sell
卖空，又称做空，高位时借贷卖出，低位时买进归还
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long buy
买空，低价时借贷买进，高价时卖出归还
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Echoes of this history reverberate today in the South China Sea
历史再次重演
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currency manipulator
汇率操纵国
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tone down the bombastic language
缓和言辞激烈的语言
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bluster and nonsense
口出狂言，胡言乱语
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gain traction with
获得...的支持
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tantalizingly close
近在咫尺，唾手可得
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has an opening to
有机会
113
see the economy reeling
经济陷入困境
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nurse the economy through the uncertainties
让美国经济安稳度过各种不稳定性
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puzzle over head-scratchers
力求找到解决棘手问题的方法
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ramp up production
提高产量
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flagging industry
日渐式微的产业
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strain the grid to limit
电力的使用已经到了极限
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pare back interest rate
降息
120
sit on sb's hands
不采取行动
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line up at the pump
排起长队来加油
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guzzle more gas
耗更多的油
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feel as beholden to sb
觉得欠某人的情/对...微微诺诺
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has/hold implications for
有....的影响
125
force sb to their knees
让...某人跪下
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Thawing relationships
关系的缓和
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black swan
比喻意想不到的时间，一般会带来巨大影响
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provide a considerable headwind
阻碍
129
be on one's toes
警惕
130
offer/give better odds on sth than sth
认为...可能性更大
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be a recipe for
会带来，招致
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policy mix
政策组合
133
upset the global growth trajectory
改变全球经济增长的轨迹
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undershoot the target
未能达到目标
135
strike back at
回击
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grow in tandem with
同步增长
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back to the drawing board
努力白费，回到原点
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be snatched up by
被...抢走
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oil patch
油市的低迷
| a difficult/rough patch 艰难时期
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wonkish discussions
一本正经的讨论
141
be courtesy of
由于
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jawbone the market
提振市场
| jawbone 下颌骨是往上的
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yet another/more/higher sth
又一个
144
isn’t equipped to
不能够
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within hailing distance
近在咫尺
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is on course to
即将
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pumping flat-out
以最大限度产油
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to sb's credit
多亏了某人，由于某人的功劳
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recent jolt in futures
近期期货市场的震荡
150
the OPEC heavyweight
指沙特
| heavyweight有重要影响力的人
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bearish sentiment
看空的情绪，消极的情绪
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hard sell
强卖
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come online
复苏，恢复
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comes on the heels of
接踵而至
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prove a windfall for
促进，有利于
156
run counter to
背道而驰
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prove another impediment to curbing output
impede-impediment阻碍
158
cartel members
cartel指OPEC垄断组织
| carton 纸盒
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added his voice to the chorus of sb saying
对...表示赞同，附和
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rocky ride in crude prices
| Oil markets have gyrated in recent days.
油价的剧烈波动
| gyrate/'d3aireit/ 波动
161
pump jack
抽油机
| nodding donkey
162
creep up behind us
悄然来临
163
Those talks unraveled
谈崩了
| unravel=fail 瓦解,失败
164
refused to entertain any discussion
拒绝接受任何讨论
| entertain an idea持有某种想法
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taper off production
taper off=cut down on=pare back
| tapered trousers 收脚裤
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stars are aligning for sth
种种迹象表明...
167
beating out the previous production high
beat out超过
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ramp-up in production
增产
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increased wagers on
增加赌注
170
served as a catalyst to
促进
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output would plateau
产量停滞
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out of whack
失常
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lie through one‘s teeth
撒弥天大谎
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his words carry some weight
有一定分量
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cemented its reputation as a heavyweight in
巩固了他的霸主地位
176
has a “rosy” long-term outlook for
对...前景十分看好
177
discount the possibility
认为没有可能性，不以为然
178
a whiff of sth
一丝...的迹象
179
keep sth under wraps
保密
180
stream into
涌入，流入
181
keeping their purse strings tight
腰包紧张
| cash-strapped
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the canary in the calming to sb
预警，警示，提醒
183
reads between the lines
体会背后的深意
184
emerging market assets tanked
tank 暴跌
| =plummet=plunge=nosedive
185
service a debt
支付债务利息
186
price-to-earnings ratios
本益比
187
poo-pooed chances that
poo-poo 认为...是一坨屎
| 这里指认为...不可能发生
188
lock in the oil price
锁定油价
189
buzzed over sth
热烈讨论，盛传...
190
state coffer
国库
191
net a windfall gain for sb
为...囊获意外之财
192
the outlook is not all plain sailing for sb
前景并非一片光明/一帆风顺
193
turning a cold shoulder to sth
没有表现出太大的兴趣
| 不屑一顾=shrug it off=scoff at
194
boost anemic economies
疲弱的经济
| sluggish=anemic=subdued
195
second only to US
仅次于美国
