中國銀行業(yè)的作用(2)-FECT

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Overview of the Banking Industry in China
    I.The Role of the Banking Sector in China
    Paragraph 2(P1)
    1.First, banks serve as a principal repository of liquid funds for the public.
     第一,銀行是社會(huì)流動(dòng)資金的集散地。
     (1)serve: v.be satisfactory for a need or purpose:利于,合適;可作……用(與as或for連用)
    例:A worm will serve as bait.蛹可作餌用。
     This room will serve for the office.這個(gè)房間可作辦公室用。
     (2)the public:members of the community in general:公眾;民眾(此處引伸為“整個(gè)社會(huì)”)
     (3)principal repository:主要集散地;樞紐
     principal: a.highest in order of importance:最重要的
     repository:place where things are or may be stored:n.倉庫,儲(chǔ)藏所(此處引伸為“集散地,集散中心”)
     (4)liquid funds:流動(dòng)資金
     liquid: a.easily sold or changed into cash:易變現(xiàn)的,含有大量現(xiàn)金的,流動(dòng)的
     例:liquid assets:流動(dòng)資產(chǎn)(指現(xiàn)金或易變現(xiàn)票據(jù))
     to go liquid:將(盡可能多的)資產(chǎn)轉(zhuǎn)換成現(xiàn)金
     liquid market:流動(dòng)市場,交易旺盛的市場(某種證券的市場,這個(gè)市場有足夠的股票可供出售而不扭曲價(jià)格。其反義詞是thin market:交易清淡的市場)
    2.The safety and availability of such funds for transactions and other purposes are essential to the stability and efficiency of the financial system.
     銀行吸納的資金可用于儲(chǔ)戶的日常交易或其他目的,這種資金的安全性和可獲得性,對(duì)保證金融體系的穩(wěn)定和效率至關(guān)重要。
     (1)be essential to:對(duì)……至關(guān)重要
     essential: a.necessary;indispensable;most important
     (2)stability: n.quality of being stable:穩(wěn)定性;安定
     (3)efficiency: n.state or quality of being efficient:效力;效率
     efficient: a.producing a desired or satisfactory result:有效力的;有效率的
     (4)the financial system:金融體系
     ①financial: a.of finance:金融的;財(cái)務(wù)的
     例:financial institutions:金融機(jī)構(gòu)(從事證券投資業(yè)務(wù)的機(jī)構(gòu),比如銀行同業(yè)協(xié)會(huì)、養(yǎng)老基金或保險(xiǎn)公司)
     financial intermediary:金融中介(從事吸收存款、發(fā)放貸款業(yè)務(wù)的金融機(jī)構(gòu),包括銀行、租賃公司及各種類型的金融機(jī)構(gòu))
     financial instrument:金融工具(在股票市場或其他金融市場進(jìn)行的任何形式的投資,如購買股票、政府債券、大額存單、匯票等)
     ②system:group of things or parts working together in a regular relation:系統(tǒng),體制;制度
     例:a payment system:支付體系,支付系統(tǒng)
     the whole financial system:整個(gè)金融系統(tǒng)
     banking system:銀行體系
     information system:信息系統(tǒng)
     monetary(money) system:貨幣制度