熱詞手帳(No. 1404)
我們從英國《金融時報》近期熱點報道中挑選值得記憶的高頻單詞和短語,配合釋義與新聞原文例句,幫助你輕鬆掌握地道實用的英文表達,在不斷積累中感受英語能力的進步與提高。
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endowment
/ɪnˈdaʊmənt/
n. 捐款;捐贈;資助;
天賦;天資;才能
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The supposedly superior performance of private capital assets is a double-edged sword. The S&P 500 is down a fifth this year. US alternatives managers have, at least on current valuations, avoided such devastation. But that bounty is a complication for their limited partners like pension funds and endowments.
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play a part
參與某事;
〔在某事中〕起作用;〔在某事中〕有影響
Global factors — including US fiscal support to households that boosted international goods prices — also played a part, Pill argued.
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rash
/ræʃ/
adj. 輕率的;魯莽的
However, European politicians have started warning the ECB not to go too far on raising rates. Last month Italy’s prime minister Giorgia Meloni said that tighter monetary policy was 「considered by many to be a rash choice」, while French president Emmanuel Macron warned he worried about central banks 「smashing demand」 to tackle inflation.