英文外刊精读笔记（写作向）5

今天这些句子是一篇讲金融方面的文章里的。

The Federal Reserve is widely seen as backing away from its ultra-accommodative monetary policy, after belatedly acknowledging the inflation long apparent to everyone else.

被广泛认为     

超级宽松的     

迟到的、来的太晚    

早就很明显的

One inference might be that both markets see a limited scope for higher interest rates, perhaps because of the toll they would take on economic growth.

有限的范围内，程度有限

损害、让……付出代价

Now, in the winter of our discontent, it shouldn't be surprising that the Misery Index has made a comback.

Winter of Discontent 专指1978-1979年冬天英国因政府试图以控制加薪来抑制通货膨胀引发的大罢工（“不满的冬天”）。文中没有用大写，加上了“我们的”，是一种化用，用来代指当前美国的滞胀时代。

Misery Index 是痛苦指数或经济失调指数，是失业率和通胀水平的简单加总。

make a comeback 卷土重来，东山再起

Inflation has proved more intransigent than transitory.

顽固、坚挺，而非稍纵即逝

The blame gets pinned on the much-publicized kinks in supply chains as the Covid-19 pandemic persists.

被归罪于、归结于

被广泛报道的

问题、缺陷、障碍（kink）

The news stories trumpeted that this was the biggest yearly rise in the CPI in almost four decades.

宣扬、吹嘘

While those increases are on the horizon, the Fed is continuing to purchase $60 billion of securities each month.

即将来临，即将发生

There is quite a bit of inflaton in the pipeline.

酝酿中、进行中、准备着

Slower growth in the money supply will leave less excess cash available to be plowed into equities.

投资、投入

This prospect of tighter liquidity already is making for a miserable start to 2022.

导致、促成