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本期内容:
The Bank of England halved1 its base rate to a wafer-thin 0.25% and announced a big monetary2 stimulus3: buying £60 billion of British government bonds and £10 billion from selected companies. An unprecedented4 downgrade slashed5 its 2017 GDP growth prediction from 2.3% to 0.8%. A recruitment survey said the jobs market was in “freefall”.
词汇讲解:
Halve:减半
Wafer-thin:特别薄
Monetary stimulus:货币刺激
Government bond:政府债券(国债)
Unprecedented:史无前例的
Recruitment:招聘
Freefall:自由落体
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1 halved | |
v.把…分成两半( halve的过去式和过去分词 );把…减半;对分;平摊 | |
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2 monetary | |
adj.货币的,钱的;通货的;金融的;财政的 | |
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3 stimulus | |
n.刺激,刺激物,促进因素,引起兴奋的事物 | |
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4 unprecedented | |
adj.无前例的,新奇的 | |
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5 slashed | |
v.挥砍( slash的过去式和过去分词 );鞭打;割破;削减 | |
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