夏说英语新闻晨读 第56期:汇丰银行重回香港

 本期内容：

HSBC, Britain’s biggest bank, said its headquarters would remain in London. The lender had pondered returning to Hong Kong, its base until the early 1990s. Recently Britain’s government recast its “bank levy”, which has cost HSBC $1.5 billion a year; HSBC’s chairman, Douglas Flint, told the B*C it had applied¹ “no pressure”, although “the government was well aware of our view”.

词义解析:

Headquarters: 总部
Ponder：考虑
Recast：重新安排
Levy：税

1 applied   

adj.应用的；v.应用，适用

参考例句：

• She plans to take a course in applied linguistics.她打算学习应用语言学课程。
• This cream is best applied to the face at night.这种乳霜最好晚上擦脸用。