时间:2019-03-02 作者:英语课 分类:夏说英语新闻晨读


英语课

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A court in London acquitted 1 five brokers 2 accused of conspiring 3 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 4 with Tom Hayes, who was sentenced last year to 14 years’ imprisonment 5 (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



宣判…无罪( acquit的过去式和过去分词 ); 使(自己)作出某种表现
  • The jury acquitted him of murder. 陪审团裁决他谋杀罪不成立。
  • Five months ago she was acquitted on a shoplifting charge. 五个月前她被宣判未犯入店行窃罪。
n.(股票、外币等)经纪人( broker的名词复数 );中间人;代理商;(订合同的)中人v.做掮客(或中人等)( broker的第三人称单数 );作为权力经纪人进行谈判;以中间人等身份安排…
  • The firm in question was Alsbery & Co., whiskey brokers. 那家公司叫阿尔斯伯里公司,经销威士忌。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
  • From time to time a telephone would ring in the brokers' offices. 那两排经纪人房间里不时响着叮令的电话。 来自子夜部分
密谋( conspire的现在分词 ); 搞阴谋; (事件等)巧合; 共同导致
  • They were accused of conspiring against the king. 他们被指控阴谋反对国王。
  • John Brown and his associates were tried for conspiring to overthrow the slave states. 约翰·布朗和他的合伙者们由于密谋推翻实行奴隶制度的美国各州而被审讯。
合作( collaborate的现在分词 ); 勾结叛国
  • Joe is collaborating on the work with a friend. 乔正与一位朋友合作做那件工作。
  • He was not only learning from but also collaborating with Joseph Thomson. 他不仅是在跟约瑟福?汤姆逊学习,而且也是在和他合作。
n.关押,监禁,坐牢
  • His sentence was commuted from death to life imprisonment.他的判决由死刑减为无期徒刑。
  • He was sentenced to one year's imprisonment for committing bigamy.他因为犯重婚罪被判入狱一年。
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