tricky
1.形容词
If you describe a task or problem as tricky, you mean that it is difficult to do or deal with.
Parking can be tricky in the town centre.
It's a very tricky problem, but I think there are a number of things you can do.
2.形容词[usuallyADJECTIVEnoun]
If you describe a person as tricky, you mean that they are likely to deceive you or cheat you.
troika 三人领导小组;三头政治;三国集团
Journalists sometimes refer to a group of three powerful politicians or states as a troika.
...leader of the troika of past, present and future presidents.[+of]
The press regard her as merely one of a ruling troika.
triumphs
1.variable noun
A triumph is a great success or achievement, often one that has been gained with a lot of skill or effort.
The championships proved to be a personal triumph for the coach, Dave Donovan.[+for]
Cataract operations are a triumph of modern surgery, with a success rate of more than 90 percent.[+of]
In the moment of triumph I felt uneasy.
Synonyms:success,victory,accomplishment,masteryMore Synonyms of triumph
2.uncountable noun
Triumph is a feeling of great satisfaction and pride resulting from a success or victory.
Her sense of triumph was short-lived.
He was laughing with triumph.
Synonyms:joy,pride,happiness,rejoicing
3.verb
If someone or some thing triumphs, they gain complete success, control, or victory, often after a long or difficult struggle.
All her life, Kelly had stuck with difficult tasks and challenges, and triumphed.[VERB]
The whole world looked to her as a symbol of good triumphing over evil.[VERB+over]
Synonyms:succeed,win,overcome,prevail
glossing
singular noun
A gloss is a bright shine on the surface of something.
Rain produced a black gloss on the asphalt.
Synonyms:shine,gleam,sheen,polish
2.uncountable noun
Gloss is an appearance of attractiveness or good quality which sometimes hides less attractive features or poor quality.
Television commercials might seem more professional but beware of mistaking the gloss for the content.
3.singular noun
If you put a gloss on a bad situation, you try to make it seem more attractive or acceptable by giving people a false explanation or interpretation of it.
He used his diary to put a fine gloss on the horrors the regime perpetrated.[+on]
The whole idea was to give history a happy gloss.
Synonyms: façade,show,front[informal],surface
4.verb
If you gloss a difficult word or idea, you provide an explanation of it.
Older editors glossed 'drynke' as 'love-potion'.[VERBnoun +as]
[AlsoVERBnoun]
Synonyms:interpret,explain,comment,translate
the IMF’s Special Drawing Right ( SDR)
特别提款权（SDR）
特别提款权是基金组织于1969年创造的一种用于补充成员国官方储备的国际储备资产。截至2016年3月，基金组织创造并向成员国分配了2041亿特别提款权（约相当于2850亿美元）。特别提款权可以换成可自由使用的货币。特别提款权的价值目前根据由四种主要货币（美元、欧元、日本和英镑）构成的货币篮子确定。从2016年10月1日起，货币篮子将扩大，中国的人民币将作为第五种货币加入篮子。特别提款权可以被兑换成可自由使用的货币。
seal
countable noun
A seal is a special mark or design, for example on a document, representing someone or something. It may be used to show that something is genuine or officially approved.
...a supply of note paper bearing the Presidential seal.
The best wines are entitled to a numbered seal of quality.
benchmark
n.基准，参照；标准检查程序；水准标；
vt . 检测（用基准问题测试）；
A benchmark is something whose quality or quantity is known and which can therefore be used as a standard with which other things can be compared.
The truck industry is a benchmark for the economy.[+for]
卡车业是衡量经济的一个基准。
MSCI
MSCI公司是一家美国股票基金、收入型基金、对冲基金股价指数和股东权益投资组合分析工具提供商。它发布MSCI BRIC、MSCI World和MSCI EAFE指数。
offshore market
[财]海外市场
plunge
1.verb
If something or someone plunges in a particular direction,especially into water, they fall, rush, or throw themselves in that direction.
At least 50 people died when a bus plunged into a river.[VERBpreposition/adverb]
He ran down the steps to the pool terrace and plunged in.[VERB preposition/adverb]
Synonyms:descend,fall,drop,crash
...a plunge into cold water.
2.verb
If you plunge an object into something, you push it quickly or violently into it.
A soldier plunged a bayonet into his body.[VERB noun into noun]
She plunged her face into a bowl of cold water.[VERB noun into noun]
I plunged in my knife and fork.[Vn within]
Synonyms:submerge,sink,duck,dip
3.verb
If a person or thing is plunged into a particular state or situation, or if they plunge into it, they are suddenly in that state or situation.
The government's political and economic reforms threaten to plunge the country into chaos.[VERB noun +into]
8,000 homes were plunged into darkness as electricity cables crashed down.[VERB noun into noun]
Eddy finds himself plunged into a world of brutal violence.[VERB-ed]
The economy is plunging into recession.[VERB+into]
Synonyms:throw,cast,pitch,propel
Plungeis also a noun.
That peace often looked like a brief truce before the next plunge into war.[+into]
4.verb
If you plunge into an activity or are plunged into it, you suddenly get very involved in it.
The two men plunged into discussion.[VERB+into]
The prince should be plunged into work.[be VERB-ed +into]
Take the opportunity to plunge yourself into your career.[V pron-refl +into]
Plunge is also a noun.
His sudden plunge into the field of international diplomacy is a major surprise.[+into]
5.verb
If an amount or rate plunges, it decreases quickly and suddenly.
His weight began to plunge.[VERB]
The Pound plunged to a new low on the foreign exchange markets yesterday.[VERB+to]
Shares have plunged from £17 to £7.55.[VERB+from/to]
The bank's profits plunged by 87 per cent.[VERB+by]
Its net profits plunged 73% last year.[VERB amount]
Synonyms:fall steeply,drop,crash[informal],go down
Plunge is also a noun.
Japan's banks are in trouble because of bad loans and the stock market plunge.
constraints
1.countable noun[oft adjective NOUN]
A constraint is something that limits or controls what you can do.
Their decision to abandon the trip was made because of financial constraints.
Water shortages in the area will be the main constraint on development.
[Also +on]
Synonyms:restriction,limitation,curb,rein
2.uncountable noun
Constraint is control over the way you behave which prevents you from doing what you want to do.
self-imposed adj.
自愿承担的；自己强加的；
A self-imposed restriction, task, or situation is one that you have deliberately created or accepted for yourself.
He returned home in the summer of 1974 after eleven years of self-imposed exile.
Sometimes a well-defined job becomes cluttered with self-imposed tasks.
Synonyms:voluntary,chosen,unsolicited,unforced
predated pre+date
提早日期，居先；
verb
If you say that one thing predated another, you mean that the first thing happened or existed some time before the second thing.
His troubles predated the recession.[VERBnoun]
他的问题在经济萧条前就出现了。
The monument predates the arrival of the druids in Britain.[VERBnoun]
这一遗迹在德鲁伊特来到不列颠前就已存在。
minor
1.ADJ-GRADED不重要的;不严重的；次要的
You use minor when you want to describe something that is less important, serious, or significant than other things in a group or situation.
She is known in Italy for a number of minor roles in films...
她因在电影中饰演了一些配角而在意大利为人所知。
Western officials say the problem is minor, and should be quickly overcome.
西方官员称这个问题并不严重，应该很快就会解决。
2.ADJ-GRADED(疾病)不严重的，轻微的;(手术)小的A minor illness or operation is not likely to be dangerous to someone's life or health.
Sarah had been plagued continually by a series of minor illnesses.
萨拉一直小病缠身。
His mother had to go to the hospital for minor surgery.
他母亲得去医院做一个小手术。
3.ADJ小音阶的;小调的In European music, a minor scale is one in which the third note is three semitones higher than the first.
...the unfinished sonata movement in F minor.
未完成的F小调奏鸣曲乐章
4. N-COUNT未成年人(在英国和美国多数州指未满18岁的人，在法律上仍然视为儿童)A minor is a person who is still legally a child. In Britain and most states in the United States, people are minors until they reach the age of eighteen.
The approach has virtually ended cigarette sales to minors.
这个方法实际上杜绝了向未成年人出售香烟的现象。
5.N-COUNT(美国大学学科中的)辅修科目，辅修课程At a university or college in the United States, a student's minor is a subject that they are studying in addition to their main subject, or major.
6.N-COUNT(美国大学中的)辅修生At a university or college in the United States, if a student is, for example, a geology minor, they are studying geology as well as their main subject.
7.VERB辅修If a student at a university or college in the United States minors in a particular subject, they study it in addition to their main subject.
I'm minoring in computer science.
我辅修计算机科学。
devaluation 贬值
botch
1.VERB把…搞糟；笨手笨脚地做If you botch something that you are doing, you do it badly or clumsily.
It is a silly idea and he hasbotchedit.
这是个愚蠢的想法，他已经把事情弄糟了。
...a botched job.
拙劣的工作
2.N-COUNT拙劣的工作；粗制滥造
If you make a botch of something that you are doing, you botch it.
I rather made a botch of that whole thing.
我结果把那整件事弄得一团糟。
prop it up
PHRASAL VERB支撑；维持
To prop up something means to support it or help it to survive.
Investments in the U.S. money market have propped up the American dollar...
对美国资金市场的投资扶持了美元。
On the Stock Exchange, aggressive buying propped the market up.
在证券交易所，市场在大量买单的推动下有所上扬。
reserves
1.VERB保留;留出;预留If something is reserved for a particular person or purpose, it is kept specially for that person or purpose.
A double room with a balcony overlooking the sea had been reserved for him...
特地为他预留了一间带阳台的海景双人房。
In the United States lanes are reserved for cars with more than one occupant.
在美国，多人乘坐的汽车有专行道。
2.VERB预订;保留;预约If you reserve something such as a table, ticket, or magazine, you arrange for it to be kept specially for you, rather than sold or given to someone else.
I'll reserve a table for five...
我要预订一张5人的桌子。
Demand will be huge, so ask your newsagent to reserve your copy today.
需求量会很大，所以今天得请卖报摊主为你预留出你那份。
3.N-COUNT储备;储存物资;储藏量A reserve is a supply of something that is available for use when it is needed.
The Gulf has 65 per cent of the world's oilreserves...
海湾地区拥有全世界65％的石油储藏。
A friend can be a reserve of help in times of trouble.
朋友可以在困难的时候提供帮助。
4.N-COUNT预备队员;替补队员In sports, a reserve is someone who is available to play as part of a team if one of the members is ill or cannot play.
He ended up as a reserve, but still qualified for a team gold medal.
他最后成了替补队员，但仍有资格获得团体金牌。
5.N-COUNT（野生生物）保护区A nature reserve is an area of land where the animals, birds, and plants are officially protected.
Marine biologists are calling for Cardigan Bay to be created a marine nature reserve to protect the dolphins.
海洋生物学家号召将卡迪根湾建成一个海洋自然保护区，以保护那里的海豚。
6.N-UNCOUNT寡言;矜持;内敛If someone shows reserve, they keep their feelings hidden.
The subject is one which must be discussed with reserve...
对这个话题必须进行慎重的讨论。
His natural reserve made him appear self-conscious.
他天生的内敛性格让他显得有些拘谨。
7.PHRASE留出备用;保留;储存If you have something in reserve, you have it available for use when it is needed.
...the bottle of whisky that he kept in reserve...
他特地留的那瓶威士忌
There were patrol cars on the streets and riot police standing by in reserve.
巡逻车在街上守候，防暴警察也在一旁待命。
8.N-COUNT后备军;预备役部队A military reserve is a group of soldiers who are ready to join a military operation if they are needed.
stringent
ADJ-GRADED(法律、规则、条件)严格的，严厉的，受严格约束的
Stringent laws, rules, or conditions are very severe or are strictly controlled.
He announced that there would be more stringent controls on the possession of weapons...
他宣布将对武器的持有实行更严格的控制。
Its drug testing procedures are the most stringent in the world.
其药物检测程序是世界上最严格的。
window
1.N-COUNT窗;窗户A window is a space in the wall of a building or in the side of a vehicle, which has glass in it so that light can come in and you can see out.
He stood at thewindow, moodily staring out...
他站在窗前，忧郁地凝视着外面。
The room felt very hot and she wondered why someone did not open awindow...
房间里感觉很热，她纳闷怎么没人开窗子。
2.N-COUNT(商店的)玻璃橱窗，陈列窗A window is a large piece of glass along the front of a shop, behind which some of the goods that the shop sells are displayed.
I stood for a few moments in front of the nearest shopwindow.
我在最近的一家商店的橱窗前站了一会儿。
3.N-COUNT(银行、邮局、火车站、博物馆等处柜台的)窗口A window is a glass-covered opening above a counter, for example in a bank, post office, railway station, or museum, which the person serving you sits behind.
The woman at the ticketwindowtold me that the admission fee was $17.50.
售票窗口那个女的告诉我入场费是17.50美元。
4.N-COUNT窗口;视窗On a computer screen, a window is one of the work areas that the screen can be divided into.
5.N-COUNT(日程安排等中的)空当，空隙If you have a window in your diary for something, or if you can make a window for it, you are free at a particular time and can do it then.
Tell her I've got a window in my diary later on this week.
告诉她我这周晚些时候有空儿。
6.PHRASE消失殆尽;烟消云散;化为乌有If you say that something such as a plan or a particular way of thinking or behaving has gone out of the window or has flown out of the window, you mean that it has disappeared completely.
By now all logic had gone out of the window...
到这时根本就不讲什么逻辑了。
When he went, our happiness and our security flew out of the window.
他走后，我们幸福安稳的好日子便到头了。
7.PHRASE转瞬即逝的机会;稍纵即逝的机会If you say that there is a window of opportunity for something, you mean that there is an opportunity to do something but that this opportunity will only last for a short time and so it needs to be taken advantage of quickly.
The king said there was now a window of opportunity for peace.
国王说现在有寻求和平的短暂机会。
cosmetic
1.N-COUNT化妆品; 美容品Cosmetics are substances such as lipstick or powder, which people put on their face to make themselves look more attractive.
2.ADJ装门面的;表面的If you describe measures or changes as cosmetic, you mean they improve the appearance of a situation or thing but do not change its basic nature, and you are usually implying that they are inadequate.
It is a cosmetic measure which will do nothing to help the situation long term...
这项举措只是表面文章，长期来看对于改善情况不会有任何帮助。
In general, the students view these changes as merely cosmetic.
大体上，学生们认为这些变化只是表面文章。
resume
v.重新开始；继续；恢复职位；
n.摘要；简历；
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
美国美林银行
remorseless
1.ADJ-GRADED(尤指令人不快的事情)无休止的，持续不断的，不停的If you describe something, especially something unpleasant, as remorseless, you mean that it goes on for a long time and cannot be stopped.
...the remorseless pressure of recession and financial constraint.
无休止的经济不景气和金融紧缩措施的压力
...General Sherman's remorseless progress through Georgia.
谢尔曼将军在佐治亚州不屈不挠的前进
2.ADJ-GRADED无怜悯之心的;冷酷的Someone who is remorseless is prepared to be cruel to other people and feels no pity for them.
...the capacity for quick,remorseless violence.
迅速而冷酷地诉诸暴力的能力
...remorseless thieves.
毫无怜悯之心的窃贼
watchword
N-COUNT口号;格言Someone's watchword is a word or phrase that sums up their attitude or approach to a particular subject or to things in general.
Caution has been one of Mr Allan's watchwords...
“小心谨慎”是艾伦先生的座右铭。
You don't have to deny yourself everything that's nice when you're pregnant. Moderation is the watchword.
怀孕时没有必要抗拒一切平时喜欢的东西。关键是要适度。
