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 　　European Union officials say Cyprus has reached a bailout deal with international lenders that will see the country's second biggest bank shut down.

　　Agreement was reached early Monday at last-minute talks in Brussels with the European Union, European Central Bank and International Monetary¹ Fund.

　　The deal includes closing down Cyprus' Laiki bank and moving deposits of $130,000 or less to the stronger Bank of Cyprus. Accounts of more than $130,000 are not insured by EU regulations and will have to take losses, but the amount of the losses was not immediately clear.

　　The bailout deal alleviates² the possibility of a tax on all bank accounts, but depositors are still facing losses.

　　Eurozone head Jeroen Dijsselbloem said Monday he is "convinced this is a much better deal" than the one to raid all savings³ accounts, which unraveled last week.

　　Without a deal, the tiny Mediterranean⁴ island nation would have faced the prospect⁵ of bankruptcy⁶, which could have forced it to abandon the euro currency and forced its exit from the eurozone.

　　Cyprus needs a $13 billion emergency bailout from its lenders to avoid bankruptcy.

1 monetary   

adj.货币的，钱的；通货的；金融的；财政的

参考例句：

• 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。

2 alleviates   

减轻，缓解，缓和( alleviate的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Heat often alleviates pain. 热常常能减缓疼痛。
• A cold compress often alleviates pain. 冷敷常会减轻疼痛。

3 savings   

n.存款，储蓄

参考例句：

• I can't afford the vacation,for it would eat up my savings.我度不起假，那样会把我的积蓄用光的。
• By this time he had used up all his savings.到这时，他的存款已全部用完。

4 Mediterranean   

adj.地中海的；地中海沿岸的

参考例句：

• The houses are Mediterranean in character.这些房子都属地中海风格。
• Gibraltar is the key to the Mediterranean.直布罗陀是地中海的要冲。

5 prospect   

n.前景，前途；景色，视野

参考例句：

• This state of things holds out a cheerful prospect.事态呈现出可喜的前景。
• The prospect became more evident.前景变得更加明朗了。

6 bankruptcy   

n.破产；无偿付能力

参考例句：

• 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。