芝加哥信用评级下调

芝加哥信用评级下调 　　

CHICAGO, March 5 (Xinhua) -- Moody's Investor¹ Service Tuesday lowered Chicago's upcoming 388-million-dollar bond issuance from A3 to Baa1, and gave the city a "negative outlook".

　　Chicago Tribune reported that though the new rating is still investment grade, it has put the city on a lower tier and could increase the cost of the city government to borrow money.

　　The rating "reflects the city's massive and growing unfunded pension liabilities," the new rating report said.

　　Moody's concluded Chicago has the highest level of unfunded pension debt "of any rated U.S. local government." "As such, the city's financial operations will remain structurally² imbalanced," the report stated.

　　Moody's downgrade of credit worthiness³ of Chicago came one week after Standard & Poor's Ratings Services issued a report saying financially strapped⁴ Chicago had far more wherewithal to restore its financial health than bankrupt Detroit.

　　Earlier, two other major agencies maintained their existing debt ratings for upcoming city bond issue by Chicago.

1 investor   

n.投资者，投资人

参考例句：

• My nephew is a cautious investor.我侄子是个小心谨慎的投资者。
• The investor believes that his investment will pay off handsomely soon.这个投资者相信他的投资不久会有相当大的收益。

2 structurally   

在结构上

参考例句：

• The house roof was (structurally) unsound. 这屋顶（结构）不牢固。
• Pinhole on shot-hole damage is never structurally significant. 针孔和蛀洞所造成的危害对结构的影响不大。

3 worthiness   

价值，值得

参考例句：

• It'satisfies the spraying robot's function requirement and has practical worthiness. " 运行试验表明，系统工作稳定可靠，满足了喷雾机器人的功能要求，具有实用价值。
• The judge will evaluate the worthiness of these claims. 法官会评估这些索赔的价值。

4 strapped   

adj.用皮带捆住的，用皮带装饰的；身无分文的；缺钱；手头紧v.用皮带捆扎(strap的过去式和过去分词)；用皮带抽打；包扎；给…打绷带

参考例句：

• Make sure that the child is strapped tightly into the buggy. 一定要把孩子牢牢地拴在婴儿车上。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The soldiers' great coats were strapped on their packs. 战士们的厚大衣扎捆在背包上。 来自《简明英汉词典》