和谐英语

经济学人下载:疫情后时代社会保障的绝处逢生(1)

2021-03-19来源:Economist
 1. Now the pandemic has seen the old rules on social spending ripped up.

rip up 撕碎

If we wrote I think he would rip up the letter

如果我们写信的话,我想他会把信撕得粉碎。

2. Government debts are piling up, but so far low interest rates mean that they are cheap to service.

pile up 堆积;积聚

Problems were piling up at work.

工作中的问题越积越多。