夏说英语新闻晨读(MP3+文本) 第52期:金融界魔鬼交易员的审判日
日期:2016-04-13 11:34

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本期内容:

A court in London acquitted five brokers accused of conspiring to manipulate LIBOR, a global benchmark interest rate. The jury has not yet reached a verdict on a sixth. All had been charged with collaborating with Tom Hayes, who was sentenced last year to 14 years’ imprisonment (later reduced to 11) for rigging LIBOR between 2006 and 2010.

词义解析:

Acquit: 宣判无罪
Broker:券商
Accuse:指控
Conspire:密谋
Manipulate:操纵
LIBOR:London Inter-Bank Offered Rate 伦敦同业拆借利率
Collaborate:同谋
Rig: 操纵

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重点单词
  • accusev. 指责,控告,谴责
  • manipulatevt. 操纵,操作,控制,利用,(巧妙地)处理,篡改
  • conspirev. 阴谋,协力,共谋
  • brokern. 经纪人 vt. 安排,协商(协议的细节,尤指在两国
  • verdictn. 裁定,定论
  • imprisonmentn. 监禁,关押,拘禁
  • globaladj. 全球性的,全世界的,球状的,全局的
  • juryn. 陪审团,评委会 adj. 临时用的 vt. 挑选
  • rign. 装备,帆具,服装,钻井架,钻塔 vt. 装配,装扮