音标:['dɔlə'draivən] ;
adj.,adv. 惟利是图的(地),以金钱为目的(或动机)的(地)

Son: Dad, give me a dime. Father: Son, don't you think you're getting too big to be forever begging for dimes? Son: I guess you're right, Dad. Give me a dollar, will you? 儿子:爸爸,给我一角钱。 父亲:儿子,你不认为你已经长大了,不该再老是一角一角

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(52) / 评论(0) 分类 英文笑话

By Jeffrey Young Americans crossing borders groan in dismay as they exchange their dollars for less and less in other currencies. Holidays in Europe, for instance, that once seemed reasonably priced h

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(94) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA2004(下)--世界经济

By Barry Wood Washington 18 July 2007 The House of Representatives Financial Services Committee Tuesday heard from economists who agreed the weakening dollar is likely to decline further. VOA's Barry Wood reports. Committee member Ron Paul, a conserv

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By Roger Wilkison European Union finance ministers are calling for the United States to shore up the sagging dollar by bringing its trade and budget deficits under control. The ministers are worried t

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Today we are gonna wrap up our series on the falling US dollar. It has lost about thirty percent of its value over the last few years, and that has many economists and politicians worried as we've heard over the last couple of days. The dollar's fall

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By Scott Stearns President Bush says he will pursue his

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我们不久前学的一些习惯用语分别包括美国钱币中价值最低的两种硬币:penny和dime。 今天要学的习惯用语却都包括美国钱币中最基本的单位:dollar这个单词,dollar是一美元。今天要学的第一个

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BEIJING, March 7 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese currency Renminbi (人民币)( RMB), or the yuan, on Monday strengthened to an all-time high of 6.5651 per U.S. dollar, according to the China Foreign Exchange Trading System. Monday's central parity rate of t

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CHICAGO, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) -- Gold futures(黄金期货) on the COMEX (纽约商品交易所) Division of the New York Mercantile Exchange ended moderately lower on Wednesday, as sharp range up move in gold on Tuesday prompted investors to ta

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The euro has lost 5.1 percent versus the dollar over the past month. And a spate of poor eurozone economic data Friday further eroded its value, signaling a grim economic outlook for the European economy in 2012. At 13 years old, the euro is barely a

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NEW YORK, June 29 (Xinhua) -- The euro(欧元) fell against the U.S. dollar Tuesday on concerns over the health of the global recovery(恢复). The deep cuts in public spending and slowing economies in Europe have drawn investors' concerns. O

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CANBERRA, Oct. 14 (Xinhua) -- The Australian dollar hit a 28 year high as it edged closer to parity with the U.S. dollar, rising to a new post-float record of 99.70 U.S. cents on Thursday morning. At 11:15am (AEDT) on Thursday, the local unit was tra

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By Nathan King New York 03 January 2008 The value of the U.S. dollar has dropped about 20 percent against a basket of major currencies in the last five years. This decline has been especially tough for immigrants who work in the United States and sen

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By Naomi Martig Hong Kong 13 March 2008 The U.S. dollar dropped to a 12-year low against the Japanese yen, and also sank to new lows against the euro and other global currencies. As Naomi Martig reports from Hong Kong, stock markets in Asia also sold

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A million dollar lesson 千金一课 cab driver taught me a million dollar lesson in customer satisfaction and expectation. Motivational speakers charge thousands of dollars to impart this kind of training to corporate executives and staff. It cost m

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NEW YORK, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks rose on Wednesday as the U.S. dollar strengthened against the Japanese yen while investors weighed two mixed reports in manufacturing(制造业,工业). The U.S. dollar surged against the yen after the B

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NEW YORK, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar was boosted against most major currencies in late New York trading on Friday as tensions in Egypt(埃及) raised concerns about stability in the Middle East and Africa. The situation in the Middle East an

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CHICAGO, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- Gold futures on the COMEX Division of the New York Mercantile Exchange slipped for the sixth consecutive session on Thursday, as the dollar's rally muted demand for precious metals as an alternative investment. The most a

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CHICAGO, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- Gold futures(期货) on the COMEX(纽约商品交易所) Division of the New York Mercantile Exchange further declined on Friday, marking the fourth straight drop this week, as the dollar rallied on improved economic o

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学英语单词
a glimpse of
Adrenobazon
agron.
al-khaliq
American yew
archegony
armour clamp
autochorous
Bandeira, Pico da
be in effect
be taken back
boottopping corrosion
certificate of mortgage
Chengde
Chrzastowice
common grade
continuous electrophoresis
cosmic radio spectroscopy
Coulaines
Coyutia
cytomegalovirus(CMV)
decent conditions
different brackets
differential assembly
direct control gearbox
dock connector
Eadbald
easy does it
echo depth-recorder
esophaguses
file of sequential access
floppy disk drives
follow the signs
foot layer
gingival hemorrhage
Goddess forbid
gong buoy
gradient layer
Hellenic Republic
house load
huangteng
hypnum kushakuense
I-ship
identical permutation group
interfering ion
internal defense and development
know the ropes
Laimakuri
law lords
liquid adsorption method
liquid-metal-coolant
macaques
make-believe
mathsort
maxmara
meracle
metacarpal
methohexital sodium
mine radioactive protection
mondesirs
nanocormia
Navalagamella
occipito-temporal fissure
outboard rotor
papill? lacrimales
pasvik
Pedicularis bidentata
permanent record
personne
phenograms
pitot flow meter
pleolysis
point gage
pollution by particulates
postexodontic complication
pre-tr tube
pressure balanced workover rig
promotor(jacob.wollman & monod 1964)
Q-technique
quasicontract
quick-delivery
rake up the persimmons
recirculating cooling water
repeatable noise
resident portion
rim size
run idle
safe words
Salix bhutanensis
set up one's staff of rest
side raking
sign an agreement
singlerow riveted joint
slewing motion
standadized ratio
suppress footnotes
trapezoidal pattern
underworks
unless the policy otherwise provides
vertical projection
with pride
yellow henbanes