▍原文
Switzerland’s largest bank, UBS, agreed to buy its beleaguered and longtime rival Credit Suisse for about $3.2 billion, the most drastic bid yet to arrest the financial panic that has swept the globe.
The deal, hastily brokered by the Swiss government, signifies the stunning fall of a 166-year-old institution that was once an emblem of Swiss pride.
▍语言点
1. agree to buy sth. 同意买下某物
2. beleaguered /bɪˈliːɡərd/ adj. 被围攻的,深陷困境的
· Critics say that would cripple an already beleaguered economy.
批评者称这将严重削弱已腹背受敌的经济。
3. longtime rival 长期的竞争对手,宿敌
· rival /ˈraɪvəl/ n. 竞争对手(可与之匹敌的人或物)
4. drastic /ˈdræstɪk/ adj. 极端的,急剧的
· drastic measures 严厉的措施
· drastic changes 剧烈的变化
5. bid /bɪd/ n. 尝试,努力
· the most drastic bid yet 迄今为止最为激烈的一次尝试
6. yet /jet/ adv. 迄今为止(通常跟最高级搭配在一起使用,强调到目前为止最……)
· It was the highest building yet constructed.
这是到当时为止所建的最高的建筑物。
7. arrest the panic 抑制恐慌
· arrest /əˈrest/ v. 抑制;逮捕
· arrest the financial panic 抑制金融恐慌
8. sweep the globe 横扫全球,席卷全球
9. hastily /ˈheɪst(ə)li/ adv. 匆匆地,仓促地
10. broker /ˈbroʊkər/ v. 安排,协调
· be brokered by the government 由政府协调
11. stunning /ˈstʌnɪŋ/ adj. 使人晕倒的,令人震惊的
· stunning fall 轰然倒塌
12. emblem /ˈembləm/ n. 象征,标志
· an emblem of sth. 某事的象征,某事的标志
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