英语新闻听写 特朗普认为加息可以增加贸易逆差

According to his recent tweets, president Donald Trump¹ believes rate hikes will strengthen the dollar and thereby² cause the trade deficit³ to raise - offsetting⁴ his efforts to bring it down.

美国总统唐纳德·特朗普最近在推特上表示，他相信加息将使美元走强，从而导致贸易逆差增加——抵消了他降低贸易逆差的努力。

However, according to Business Insider, the Federal Reserve's recent actions are the logical result of his own policy and personnel choices.

然而，据《商业内幕》报道，美国联邦储备委员会最近的行动是特朗普的个人政策和个人选择的必然结果。

For one thing, he signed a large, deficit-financed tax cut and two, by cutting corporate⁵ taxes, the new tax law encourages foreign investment in the United States.

首先，他签署了一项庞大的、由赤字提供资金的减税计划；其次，通过降低企业税，新税法鼓励外国人在美国投资。

Trump has also started trade wars and intends to these to reduce the trade deficit.

特朗普还发动了贸易战，并打算以此来减少贸易赤字。

For their immediate⁶ effect has been to push down foreign currencies against the United States'.

它们的直接影响是压低了外国货币兑美元的汇率。

1 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

2 thereby   

adv.因此，从而

参考例句：

• I have never been to that city,,ereby I don't know much about it.我从未去过那座城市，因此对它不怎么熟悉。
• He became a British citizen,thereby gaining the right to vote.他成了英国公民，因而得到了投票权。

3 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。

4 offsetting   

n.偏置法v.抵消( offset的现在分词 )；补偿；（为了比较的目的而）把…并列（或并置）；为（管道等）装支管

参考例句：

• Dealers, having concluded a forward contract, should always hedge with an offsetting contract. 外汇经营商在签订了一项远期合同之后总是应进行套头交易签订一项相抵合同。 来自辞典例句
• Where does Germany think offsetting shifts into greater external deficits might occur? 在德国看来，这么大的外部赤字应该转移到哪里？ 来自互联网

5 corporate   

adj.共同的，全体的；公司的，企业的

参考例句：

• This is our corporate responsibility.这是我们共同的责任。
• His corporate's life will be as short as a rabbit's tail.他的公司的寿命是兔子尾巴长不了。

6 immediate   

adj.立即的；直接的，最接近的；紧靠的

参考例句：

• His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
• We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。