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US stock markets suffered big losses on Friday, with the Dow Jones industrial average reaching its lowest level since September 2014.
周五，美股遭重挫，道琼斯工业指数下滑至2014年9月以来最低值。
Analysts said the drops were fueled by fears about the health of the Chinese and US economies as well as the continued drop in oil prices, which has fallen by 20% so far in 2016 to below $30 a barrel.
分析人士表示因中美经济放缓，油价大幅下挫致道琼斯雪上加霜，到目前为止，2016年国际油价跌近20%，跌破每桶30美元。
The falling oil price and disappointing retail sales data released on Friday have pushed back expectations of when the Federal Reserve will next increase interest rates, following the first rate rise in almost a decade in December.
据周五公布的数据显示，美国零售销售全线下滑，油价下跌，自美联储于去年12月宣布近10年首加息以后，继续加息希望渺茫。
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词语解释
1.interest rate 利息
例句：The Federal Reserve lowered interest rates by half a point.
联邦储备委员会将利率降低了0.5个百分点。
2.Dow Jones industrial average 道琼斯工业平均指数
例句：It is no accident that only one firm from the original (1896) Dow Jones Industrial Average is still on that list.
道琼斯工业平均指数原始股（1896年）中仅有一家仍在股票排行版中，这可不是意外。
3.as well as 和…一样
例句：He plays the guitar as well as you.
他的吉他弹得和你一样好。
4.oil price 油价
例句：I cannot fix my oil price.
我不能制定我的石油价格。
