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2022-10-22 15:11 作者:爱睡懒觉的Nick船长 | 我要投稿

Britaly - a country of political instability, low growth and subordination(附属,从属关系) to the bond markets(债卷市场).
Related words:
- bloated public services 臃肿的政府部门
- Britain is still blighted(损害) by disappointing growth and regionla inequality.
- bond market 债卷市场
- default 违约(特别指债务)
- Coalition government 联合政府
- Ministerial longeevity is now counted in months. 现在首相的任期以月为单位
- exchequer 财政部
- Plaything of the bond markets 债卷市场玩乐的对象
- sovereignty 主权,最高权威 enhance British sovereignty 提升英国国家主权
- kick out of = lay off = fire = remove from power = resign 辞职
- arbiter 仲裁人,裁决人,决定者 arbiter of sth
- benchmark 基准
- gilt 绩优证券,相当于投资回报率比较高且稳定的投资理财产品
- fiscal 财政的,国库的
- A is a preconditional of B, not a nice-to-have. A并不是可有可无的,而是B的先决条件。 eg. Political stability is a precondition of grwoth, not a nice-to- have.
- tax status 纳税身份
- inheritance taxes 遗产税
- mandate 授权
- functioning 起作用的,正常运转的
- ungovernable 无法管制的,无法控制的
- Yet growth depends not on fantastical plans(不切实际的计划) and big bangs, but on stable government(稳定政府), thoughtful policy and political unity(执政统一).
Vocabulary:
- botch 笨拙的弄糟某事 botch sth up
- forge = manage 努力干成
- hobble = halt = hinder = obstruct 阻碍,妨碍
- under the thumb of someone/ something 受制于某人某事
- step in lockstep 保持步伐一致
- precarious 不稳定的,不确定的
- longevity 长寿,寿命
- eviscerate 切除内部成分
- crash course 速成班
- bulwark 防御者,保护者(既可以指人,也可以指物) bulwark against sth
- constraint = limit 限制,限定
- entrench 牢固确立,根深蒂固 entrenched attitudes/ interests/ opposition 顽固的态度;固有的利益;顽固的反对
- round the corner = approaching 即将到来
- swingeing 巨大的,觉得
- unveil = announce = introduce 推出,将之公诸于众
- scrap = cancel = bin(丢掉,丢弃) 取消,废除
- reinstate 恢复原状
- disarray 混乱,紊乱 in disarray
- intrigue 密谋,阴谋
- rumours 谣言
- alighting on 发现,想到
- nigh-on = nearly 几乎