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欧洲领导人探讨如何缓解债务危机

2012-01-13来源:CRI

短语讲解:

1. As part of his plans, French President Nicolas Sarkozy says he wants European leaders to act quickly on a new inter-governmental treaty.

act on奉行; 按照…而行动
例句:The police are acting on the information received.
警方正根据获得的情报采取行动。

2. We want the intergovernmental treaty to be looked at over the next few days and for negotiations to be concluded in the coming days and for the treaty to be signed on the 1st of March.

look at评判; 审视; 看, 注视
例句:The difficulty can now be looked at in a different light.
现在可以用不同的角度来看这个困难。

3. 26 of the EU's 27 members have already agreed in principle to the inter-governmental treaty - a "fiscal compact" - to stabilise the euro.

in principle 原则上; 基本上
例句:They are agreed in principle but not in detail.
他们的看法在大体上是一致的, 但是在细节上有所不同。

4. The UK government says it will only consider introducing a financial transaction tax if there is global agreement on it, with UK Prime Minister David Cameron worried the introduction of such a tax would have a negative impact on London as one of the world's financial centers.

have an impact on对…有影响;对…起作用,产生效果
例句:This book have a far-reaching impact on readers.
这本书对读者产生了长远影响。

5. If you look in detail you will see that the investment of private creditors is necessary to bring Greece back on track and of course the measures Greece agreed on with the Troika need to be implemented.

in detail详细地
例句:She described the accident in detail.
她详细地叙述了那次事故。
bring back使(某人)恢复(某状态); 带回(某人或某物); 还回(某物); 回忆
例句:We must bring him back to health.
我们必须使他恢复健康。
agree on对某事〔物〕有同样看法, 商定〔同意〕某事, 商定做某事
例句:They agreed on how to evacuate the civilians from the island.
他们就如何撤退岛上的居民取得了一致意见。

6. The rescue package, worth 130-billion euros, would include a voluntary restructuring of Greek debt - meaning bondholders would have to write off 50% of the Greek bonds' value.

write off勾销,取消
例句:We'll just have to write off the arrangement if we can't find the money for it.
这项计划如果筹不到钱就只得取消。

7. Merkel is due to meet with International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde on this same issue later on this Tuesday.

due to预定, 预期
例句:The boat is due to arrive at 12.
船预计在12点到。