希腊向IMF偿还7.5亿欧元贷款

 　　Greek government has begun the transfer of some 800-million US dollars in debt interest it owes to the International Monetary¹ Fund.

　　The transfer comes just hours before the repayment² was due.

　　This comes as the finance ministers from 19 countries in the Eurozone meet in Brussels in a bid to negotiate the final bailout plan for Greece.

　　Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis says they have no plans at this point to launch a referendum on the bailout.

　　希腊向IMF偿还7.5亿欧元贷款

　　"A referendum is always available to the government and the President of the Republic in order to elicit³ the support of the Greek people when it comes to pivotal decisions that need to be made. There is no commitment to use it. It is a tool which is available to the Greek government. At the moment it's not something that is on the radar⁴ screen as far as we are concerned."

　　Greece and its European creditors⁵ have been trying to agree on a list of reforms to secure a new round of financing worth around 8-billion US dollars.

　　The current Greek government rose to power on a campaign pledge to eliminate the austerity measures which have been imposed on the country by its European creditors.

　　However, most European countries, including the biggest lender Germany, have been demanding Athens stick to plans to reduce the country's massive deficit⁶.

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 repayment   

n.偿还，偿还款；报酬

参考例句：

• I am entitled to a repayment for the damaged goods.我有权利索取货物损坏赔偿金。
• The tax authorities have been harrying her for repayment.税务局一直在催她补交税款。

3 elicit   

v.引出,抽出,引起

参考例句：

• It was designed to elicit the best thinking within the government. 机构的设置是为了在政府内部集思广益。
• Don't try to elicit business secrets from me. I won't tell you anything. 你休想从我这里套问出我们的商业机密, 我什么都不会告诉你的。

4 radar   

n.雷达，无线电探测器

参考例句：

• They are following the flight of an aircraft by radar.他们正在用雷达追踪一架飞机的飞行。
• Enemy ships were detected on the radar.敌舰的影像已显现在雷达上。

5 creditors   

n.债权人，债主( creditor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• They agreed to repay their creditors over a period of three years. 他们同意3年内向债主还清欠款。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Creditors could obtain a writ for the arrest of their debtors. 债权人可以获得逮捕债务人的令状。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 deficit   

n.亏空，亏损；赤字，逆差

参考例句：

• The directors have reported a deficit of 2.5 million dollars.董事们报告赤字为250万美元。
• We have a great deficit this year.我们今年有很大亏损。