夏说英语新闻晨读 第365期:中美贸易战

 本期内容：

China has agreed to buy more US goods and services, reducing the trade imbalance between the two countries and dampening fears of a looming¹ trade war. Washington says the move will "substantially reduce" its 335bn dollars annual trade deficit² with Beijing. But it stopped short of saying exactly how big the reduction would be.

imbalance: n. 不平衡；不均衡
dampen: vt. 抑制
looming: adj. 迫近的；正在逼近的
substantially: adv. 极大地（significantly/critically）
deficit: n. 赤字
surplus: n. 盈余

1 looming   

n.上现蜃景（光通过低层大气发生异常折射形成的一种海市蜃楼）v.隐约出现，阴森地逼近( loom的现在分词 )；隐约出现，阴森地逼近

参考例句：

• The foothills were looming ahead through the haze. 丘陵地带透过薄雾朦胧地出现在眼前。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Then they looked up. Looming above them was Mount Proteome. 接着他们往上看，在其上隐约看到的是蛋白质组山。 来自英汉非文学 - 生命科学 - 回顾与展望

2 deficit   

n.亏空，亏损；赤字，逆差

参考例句：

• The directors have reported a deficit of 2.5 million dollars.董事们报告赤字为250万美元。
• We have a great deficit this year.我们今年有很大亏损。