学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 3541 drawdown

 今天我们要学的词是 drawdown. Drawdown is spelled D-R-A-W-D-O-W-N, drawdown.

 

Drawdown的意思是缩水，缩编。 

 

After Saudi Arabia cut its oil price by the most in roughly 20 years, oil futures¹ plummeted² almost a third when trading began on Sunday evening - their biggest drawdown since the Gulf³ War in 1991.沙特阿拉伯将其石油价格进行20年以来最大幅度的削减，导致周日傍晚交易开始时，石油期货价格暴跌了近三分之一，这是自1991年海湾战争以来的最大跌幅。

 

好的，我们今天学习的词是drawdown, drawdown, drawdown.

 

1 futures   

n.期货，期货交易

参考例句：

• He continued his operations in cotton futures.他继续进行棉花期货交易。
• Cotton futures are selling at high prices.棉花期货交易的卖价是很高的。

2 plummeted   

v.垂直落下，骤然跌落( plummet的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Share prices plummeted to an all-time low. 股票价格暴跌到历史最低点。
• A plane plummeted to earth. 一架飞机一头栽向地面。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 gulf   

n.海湾；深渊，鸿沟；分歧，隔阂

参考例句：

• The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
• There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。