学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 2446-interest-rate

今天我们要学的词是interest rate, Interest rate 利率。The Federal¹ Reserve announced its first interest rate increase since 2008. 美联储宣布加息，这是2008年以来美联储的首次加息行动。The Federal Reserve also indicated that further interest rate hikes will be made slowly. 美联储同时暗示，进一步的加息行动会是缓慢的，渐进的。World markets rose after the announcement of the interest rate hike. 加息的消息宣布后，全球股市攀升。好的，我们今天学习的词是 interest rate, interest rate, interest rate...

1 federal   

adj.联盟的；联邦的；(美国)联邦政府的

参考例句：

• Switzerland is a federal republic.瑞士是一个联邦共和国。
• The schools are screaming for federal aid.那些学校强烈要求联邦政府的援助。