夏说英语新闻晨读 第154期:韩进航运破产
时间：2019-03-02 作者：英语课 分类：夏说英语新闻晨读
英语课
本期内容：
Hanjin Shipping 1 scrambled 2 to fund the unloading of its ships. The South Korean conglomerate 3 declared bankruptcy 4 last week; billions of dollars of consumer goods are at sea as ports worldwide refuse to accept its ships. Hanjin’s parent company will raise $90m; South Korea’s government pledged the same amount if the firm provides collateral 5.
词汇讲解：
Scramble：仓促行动
Conglomerate：集团公司
Bankruptcy：破产
Collateral：抵押物
n.船运（发货，运输，乘船）
- We struck a bargain with an American shipping firm.我们和一家美国船运公司谈成了一笔生意。
- There's a shipping charge of ￡5 added to the price.价格之外另加五英镑运输费。
v.快速爬行( scramble的过去式和过去分词 )；攀登；争夺；（军事飞机）紧急起飞
- Each scrambled for the football at the football ground. 足球场上你争我夺。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- He scrambled awkwardly to his feet. 他笨拙地爬起身来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.综合商社，多元化集团公司
- The firm has been taken over by an American conglomerate.该公司已被美国一企业集团接管。
- An American conglomerate holds a major share in the company.一家美国的大联合企业持有该公司的大部分股份。
n.破产；无偿付能力
- You will have to pull in if you want to escape bankruptcy.如果你想避免破产，就必须节省开支。
- His firm is just on thin ice of bankruptcy.他的商号正面临破产的危险。
adj.平行的；旁系的；n.担保品
- Many people use personal assets as collateral for small business loans.很多人把个人财产用作小额商业贷款的抵押品。
- Most people here cannot borrow from banks because they lack collateral.由于拿不出东西作为抵押，这里大部分人无法从银行贷款。
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