热词手帐（No. 1916）
我们从英国《金融时报》近期热点报道中挑选值得记忆的高频单词和短语，配合释义与新闻原文例句，帮助你轻松掌握地道实用的英文表达，在不断积累中感受英语能力的进步与提高。
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backlog
/ˈbæk.lɒɡ/
n.积压的工作
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But some say a second Trump term is the impetus Canada needs to deal with a severe backlog of structural problems that have left it trailing the US in productivity, growth and wages.
但也有人说，特朗普的第二任期是加拿大解决积压严重的结构性问题所需的动力，这些问题已使加拿大在生产率、经济增长和工资方面落后于美国。
本文2024年12月24日发布于FT中文网，英文原题为 Could Donald Trump heal Canada’s ailing economy?
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upend
/ʌpˈend/
v.颠覆
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It has been exacerbated by the fast development of generative AI over the past two years, which has further upended demand for edtech companies’ paid-for online learning tools and caused their valuations to plummet.
过去两年，生成式人工智能的快速发展加剧了这一问题，它进一步颠覆了对教育科技公司付费在线学习工具的需求，并导致这些公司的估值急剧下降。
本文2024年12月24日发布于FT中文网，英文原题为 Investment in online education groups plummets following rise of AI
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fragmented
/fræɡˈmen.tɪd/
adj.分散的
The US has an unusually fragmented banking system, in large part because consolidation was delayed by restrictions on interstate banking that were only lifted in the 1980s.
美国的银行系统异常分散，主要原因是州际银行业务的限制推迟了合并，这些限制直到1980年代才被解除。
本文2024年12月24日发布于FT中文网，英文原题为 US banking giants capture biggest share of industry profits since 2015
