时间:2019-02-18 作者:英语课 分类:英语新闻


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  NEW YORK, Feb. 10 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks rallied for a third consecutive 1 day Monday ahead of Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen 's first testimony 2 in Congress as head of the Fed.
  The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 7.71 points, or 0.05 percent, to 15,801.79. The S&P 500 advanced 2.82 points, or 0.16 percent, to 1,799.84. The Nasdaq Composite Index climbed 22.31 points, or 0.54 percent, to 4,148.17.
  The major indices closed at session highs, with the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq rising to the highest in over two weeks.
  With no major economic figure released Monday, investors 3 were trying to digest a batch 4 of data issued last week.
  U.S. Labor 5 Department said Friday that total non-farm payroll 6 employment increased by 113,000 in January, falling short of economists 7' estimates.
  Responding positively 8 to the payroll report, Wall Street surged for a second consecutive day Friday to end the week higher, reversing from heavy selloffs earlier in the week triggered by disappointing manufacturing data from both the United States and China.
  The Fed is expected to slow down the unwinding of its bond buying program following the disappointing report.
  Analysts 9 would discern any signs about the central bank's plan on its tapering 10 progress of massive bond buying program from the testimony of Yellen who will deliver a report on monetary 11 policy and economic outlook Tuesday at the House Financial Services Committee.
  Yellen was sworn in on Feb. 3 to replace Ben Bernanke.
  In corporate 12 news, shares of McDonald's Corp. dipped 1.11 percent to 94.86 U.S. dollars as the restaurant chain reported that its U.S. same-store sales in January dropped more than expected.
  The CBOE Volatility 13 Index, widely considered as a fear gauge 14 of the market, dropped 0.20 percent to 15.26.
  In other markets, U.S. oil price rose Monday as traders expected U.S. economy to maintain sustainable growth.
  Light, sweet crude for March delivery moved up 18 cents to settle at 100.06 dollars a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, while Brent crude for March delivery lost 94 cents to close at 108.63 dollars a barrel.
  Gold futures 15 on the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange jumped to the highest level since mid-November Monday, with the most active gold contract for April delivery up 11.8 dollars to settle at 1,274.7 dollars per ounce.
  The U.S. dollar traded little changed against major currencies Monday as investors were reluctant to make a big move ahead of Yellen's testimony.
  In late New York trading, the euro rose to 1.3642 dollars from 1.3628 dollars of the previous session, and the dollar bought 102. 24 Japanese yen 16, lower than 102.31 yen of the previous session.

adj.连续的,联贯的,始终一贯的
  • It has rained for four consecutive days.已连续下了四天雨。
  • The policy of our Party is consecutive.我党的政策始终如一。
n.证词;见证,证明
  • The testimony given by him is dubious.他所作的证据是可疑的。
  • He was called in to bear testimony to what the police officer said.他被传入为警官所说的话作证。
n.投资者,出资者( investor的名词复数 )
  • a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
  • a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会
n.一批(组,群);一批生产量
  • The first batch of cakes was burnt.第一炉蛋糕烤焦了。
  • I have a batch of letters to answer.我有一批信要回复。
n.劳动,努力,工作,劳工;分娩;vi.劳动,努力,苦干;vt.详细分析;麻烦
  • We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
  • He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后,他已经疲惫不堪了。
n.工资表,在职人员名单,工薪总额
  • His yearly payroll is $1.2 million.他的年薪是120万美元。
  • I can't wait to get my payroll check.我真等不及拿到我的工资单了。
n.经济学家,经济专家( economist的名词复数 )
  • The sudden rise in share prices has confounded economists. 股价的突然上涨使经济学家大惑不解。
  • Foreign bankers and economists cautiously welcomed the minister's initiative. 外国银行家和经济学家对部长的倡议反应谨慎。 来自《简明英汉词典》
adv.明确地,断然,坚决地;实在,确实
  • She was positively glowing with happiness.她满脸幸福。
  • The weather was positively poisonous.这天气着实讨厌。
分析家,化验员( analyst的名词复数 )
  • City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
  • I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。
adj.尖端细的
  • Interest in the scandal seems to be tapering off. 人们对那件丑闻的兴趣似乎越来越小了。
  • Nonproductive expenditures keep tapering down. 非生产性开支一直在下降。
adj.货币的,钱的;通货的;金融的;财政的
  • The monetary system of some countries used to be based on gold.过去有些国家的货币制度是金本位制的。
  • Education in the wilderness is not a matter of monetary means.荒凉地区的教育不是钱财问题。
adj.共同的,全体的;公司的,企业的
  • This is our corporate responsibility.这是我们共同的责任。
  • His corporate's life will be as short as a rabbit's tail.他的公司的寿命是兔子尾巴长不了。
n.挥发性,挥发度,轻快,(性格)反复无常
  • That was one reason why volatility was so low last year.这也是去年波动性如此低的原因之一。
  • Yet because volatility remained low for so long,disaster myopia prevailed.然而,由于相当长的时间里波动性小,灾难短视就获胜了。
v.精确计量;估计;n.标准度量;计量器
  • Can you gauge what her reaction is likely to be?你能揣测她的反应可能是什么吗?
  • It's difficult to gauge one's character.要判断一个人的品格是很困难的。
n.期货,期货交易
  • He continued his operations in cotton futures.他继续进行棉花期货交易。
  • Cotton futures are selling at high prices.棉花期货交易的卖价是很高的。
n. 日元;热望
  • He wanted to convert his dollars into Japanese yen.他想将美元换成日币。
  • He has a yen to be alone in a boat.他渴望独自呆在一条船上。
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学英语单词
acid-frac
barbershop quartets
Brooks, Phillips
Bu'ayjā
chronic inflammation
Circaea mollis
clear customs
cleft cutting
close breach of
closing pseudo text delimiter
combined steam-gas turbine propulsion plant
communicate in
complete culture solution
Corydalis tianshanica
Csikeria
double intended circle
elsehow
endless rope way
Endocistobil
epitheliomorph layer (or epithelial-like layer)
exonymy
extend assembler
fabalis
fatigue breakage
feeding pattern
flash of hope
fundamental reflection
gold-weights
gouvernement
hassaguay
Heitersheim
high explosives
huaiyuan movement
indeterminable
Isoglossa
isohydric shift
kaliphs
kolbeckine
Kyffin, Mt.
lance-pointed needle
Lemu
Linhe
lint inder
lipogenous
little darling
Lukala
Lycopodium selago
magnetic balance type
methane sulfonate phentolamine
moneybox
Morbam
morula uva
MSTR
neo-puritan
nonhomogeneous population
Ombolata
open - door policy
optical strip
pack cementation coating
patases
pathological grading
perforated-plate column
periaster
permutation network
philadelphus purpurascens (koehne) rehd.
portal monitor
practical value
pre-tender
precision plotter
quantized interaction
rat bike
Santa Vittoria, Mte.
Scottish terrier
scrub-birds
scurrilously
Selaginella involvens
sequens
signature generator
smooth out something
somatoderma
species transformation
spreading unit
stigmatism
stirred type cryctallizer
strike a note
subcritical temperature
SYNON
taws
teleporter
territorial economiy
thermal bottle
thermal shift
thouner
to the best of one's remembrance
touring sides
transubstantiator
ureteric bud
Vabres-l'Abbaye
W. V. Quine
worst case condition
yayness