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Morrisons 12 Mar¹ 15

Thu, 12 Mar 15

The supermarket Morrisons is expected to announce its worst profits for 8 years later this morning - with a new boss on the way - what are the problems facing Ant and Dec's favourite shop? Will a planned crackdown on payday lending really give a BILLION POUND boost to illegal loan sharks? And we've had a uniform postal² price for 175 years - but are its days numbered?

1 mar   

vt.破坏，毁坏，弄糟

参考例句：

• It was not the custom for elderly people to mar the picnics with their presence.大人们照例不参加这样的野餐以免扫兴。
• Such a marriage might mar your career.这样的婚姻说不定会毁了你的一生。

2 postal   

adj.邮政的，邮局的

参考例句：

• A postal network now covers the whole country.邮路遍及全国。
• Remember to use postal code.勿忘使用邮政编码。