操盤人語

disservice(n) : ill service ; harm; an unhelpful, unkind, or harmful ac t; an act intended to help that turns out badly. (v): to provide i...

made all too clear:昭然若揭 EX:As Friday's abysmal jobs report made all too clear, Wall Street's whirlwind holiday romance has ended. In...

Tally:(v.)to be fitted; to suit; to correspond; to match; to make a tally; to score; to tally in a game. (n.)the act of counting;a score in ...

Get breathing room:獲得喘息空間. EX:The London-Interbank Offered Rate (Libor), a key lending rate, continued its downward march with the overnigh...

Vicious : having the nature or quality of vice or immorality.; dangerously aggressive. Vicious circle(cycle) : a chain of events in which th...

Short-seller : who borrow shares and sell them in the hope of buying them back at a lower price to make a profit. EX : Stock market regulat...

Hit a snag (idiom) : to encounter an unexpected problem or delay,to experience a difficulty. EX : Futures sharply lower as bailout deal hit...

Rattle(v):to make anxious and cause to lose confidence;Unnerve;to make a number of quick sharp noises like small hard objects hitting each o...

Newsworthy (adj):important or interesting enough to be reported as news. EX: Reporters placed bets on whether The King Abdullah of Saudi Ar...

Clobber(v):to strike or attack severely and repeatedly;to defeat completely. EX:I'll clobber you if you don't do what you're tol...

hibernate(v):to be or go into a state like a long sleep during the winter. EX:Bears ,squirrels ,hedgehogs and snakes hibernate. EX:Stocks ar...

If you put a frog into a pot of boiling hot water, it will jump off the pot quickly. But if you put it into a pot of cold water and boil it ...

impede (v):to get in the way of or slow down the movement or development; hinder . EX:The rescue attempt was impeded by bad weather. EX:The...

pep (n):keen activity and forcefulness; vigour . EX:Put a bit more pep into your work. EX:The manager gave his team a pep talk at half tim...

showcase (n):a glass-sided box in which objects are placed for looking at in a shop or museum. EX:The thieves smashed the showcase and stol...