NPR News:美联储紧急降息救市 但美股还是暴跌了800点

1. grapple with 努力解决（问题）；设法克服（困难）；
The economy is just one of several critical problems the country is grappling with.
经济问题只是该国正竭力解决的几个关键问题之一。
2. beside the point 离题的；不相关的；
Brian didn't like it, but that was beside the point.
布赖恩不喜欢它，但那并不重要。
3. shore up 支撑；支持；加强；
Investors were hoping the report would prompt Washington to take broader steps to shore up the economy.
投资者希望这份报告会促进华盛顿采取更广泛的措施来支撑经济。
4. as opposed to （表示对比）而，相对于；
This exercise develops suppleness as opposed to strength.
这项锻炼不是增强力量，而是增强柔韧性的。