热词手帐(No. 1926)
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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austerity
/ɔːˈster.ə.ti/
n.缩减
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The government bought the dollars to make the payment using the fiscal surplus it eked out last year via a severe austerity package.
政府利用去年通过严厉的紧缩计划勉强挤出的财政盈余购买了美元来支付这笔款项。
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falsify
/ˈfɒl.sɪ.faɪ/
v.伪造
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Last year, following a seven-week trial in New York state court, he was convicted on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in what prosecutors alleged was a scheme to buy the silence of a porn actor, Stormy Daniels, with whom he had an affair.
去年,经过纽约州法院为期七周的审判,他因伪造商业记录等34项重罪而被定罪,检方指控其阴谋收买与他有染的色情演员斯托米•丹尼尔斯(Stormy Daniels)保持沉默。
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recalibrate
/ˌriːˈkæl.ɪ.breɪt/
v.重新校准
“The whole [Trump] team is obsessed with strength and looking strong, so they’re recalibrating the Ukraine approach,” said one of the officials.
“整个(特朗普)团队痴迷于实力,痴迷于看起来强大,所以他们正在重新校准乌克兰策略,”其中一位官员表示。
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