万花筒 2011-08-07&08-09 标普下调美国主权信用评级
时间：2019-01-07 作者：英语课 分类：万花筒2011年
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Wall Street ended its worst week since November, 2008 when it closed on Friday or so it thought. Now, Standard & Poor's has axed the top notch 1 US AAA credit rating. It's unprecedented 2 reverse of fortune for the world's largest economy. The US now has a long-term rating of AA plus. But S&P said in a statement:the outlook was negative, a sign that another downgrade could come in the next twelve to eighteen months. The downgrade could boost borrowing costs by 100 billion dollars. US treasury 3 bonds once viewed as the safest security in the world are now rated lower than ones issued by countries like Britain, Germany, France or Canada.
n.(V字形)槽口，缺口，等级
- The peanuts they grow are top-notch.他们种的花生是拔尖的。
- He cut a notch in the stick with a sharp knife.他用利刃在棒上刻了一个凹痕。
adj.无前例的，新奇的
- The air crash caused an unprecedented number of deaths.这次空难的死亡人数是空前的。
- A flood of this sort is really unprecedented.这样大的洪水真是十年九不遇。