夏说英语新闻晨读 第406期:土耳其里拉崩盘

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Turkey's central bank has said it is ready to take "all necessary measures" to ensure financial stability after the collapse¹ of the lira. It has vowed³ to provide banks with "all the liquidity⁴ the banks need". The comments came after a widening diplomatic spat⁵ with the US prompted market turmoil⁶ in the country.

all necessary measures: 所有必要的措施
ensure: vt. 确保
financial stability: 金融稳定
collapse: vi. 崩盘；倒塌
lira: n. 里拉
vow²: vt. 发誓；许诺
liquidity：流动性
widening: adj. 不断加剧的
diplomatic: adj. 外交的
spat: n. 争执
prompt: vt. 导致
cause provoke
turmoil: n. 动荡；混乱
chaos

1 collapse   

vi.累倒；昏倒；倒塌；塌陷

参考例句：

• The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
• The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。

2 vow   

n.誓(言)，誓约；v.起誓，立誓

参考例句：

• My parents are under a vow to go to church every Sunday.我父母许愿，每星期日都去做礼拜。
• I am under a vow to drink no wine.我已立誓戒酒。

3 vowed   

起誓，发誓（vow的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise. 他非常庄严地发誓要实现他的诺言。
• I vowed to do more of the cooking myself. 我发誓自己要多动手做饭。

4 liquidity   

n.流动性，偿债能力，流动资产

参考例句：

• The bank has progressively increased its liquidity.银行逐渐地增加其流动资产。
• The demand for and the supply of credit is closely linked to changes in liquidity.信用的供求和流动资金的变化有密切关系。

5 spat   

n.口角，掌击；v.发出呼噜呼噜声

参考例句：

• Her parents always have spats.她的父母经常有些小的口角。
• There is only a spat between the brother and sister.那只是兄妹间的小吵小闹。

6 turmoil   

n.骚乱，混乱，动乱

参考例句：

• His mind was in such a turmoil that he couldn't get to sleep.内心的纷扰使他无法入睡。
• The robbery put the village in a turmoil.抢劫使全村陷入混乱。