夏说英语新闻晨读 第76期:中国央妈再出刺激政策

 本期内容：

The governor of China’s central bank said that Chinese companies’ debts were too high, relative to GDP. Zhou Xiaochuan said high leverage¹ made firms prone² to macroeconomic risk. He told a conference of officials and international business leaders in Beijing that China needed “more robust” capital markets in order to boost equity³ rather than debt finance.

词义解析:

Prone to: 有……倾向
Macroeconomic：宏观经济的
Robust：活力
Boost：激活
Equity：资本市场

1 leverage   

n.力量，影响；杠杆作用，杠杆的力量

参考例句：

• We'll have to use leverage to move this huge rock.我们不得不借助杠杆之力来移动这块巨石。
• He failed in the project because he could gain no leverage. 因为他没有影响力，他的计划失败了。

2 prone   

adj.(to)易于…的，很可能…的；俯卧的

参考例句：

• Some people are prone to jump to hasty conclusions.有些人往往作出轻率的结论。
• He is prone to lose his temper when people disagree with him.人家一不同意他的意见,他就发脾气。

3 equity   

n.公正，公平，（无固定利息的）股票

参考例句：

• They shared the work of the house with equity.他们公平地分担家务。
• To capture his equity,Murphy must either sell or refinance.要获得资产净值，墨菲必须出售或者重新融资。