VOA慢速英语:Retirement Savings Rule 2: Plan for Your Future Goals and Needs

 词汇讲解：

1. retirement n. 退休;退职;退役
例句：She took to painting after retirement.
她退休后爱上绘画。

2. certificate n.证明书, 执照
例句：To obtain a passport, you have to send in your birth certificate with the form.
要取得护照,你得把出生证和表格一起呈上。

3. deposit n. 储蓄, 存款; 订金; 押金, 保证金
例句：The hotel requires a deposit for all advance bookings.
旅馆规定凡预订房间都要先付订金。

4. complex adj. 由许多部分组成的, 复合的；复杂的, 难懂的
例句：What he said was too complex for me to understand.
他说的太复杂了, 我无法了解。

5. allocation n. 配给, 分配, 拨出
例句：The project has to be completed within the allocations made to it.
工程必须依据划拨给它的款项去完成。

6. guarantee vt.保证; 担保；使(事情)可能发生
例句：His turning up will guarantee the success of the meeting.
他一出席, 会议便成功在望。

7. portfolio n. 投资组合
例句：My stockbroker manages my portfolio for me.
我的证券经纪人替我管理投资组合。

8. seek v. 寻找; 探寻
例句：We sought long and hard but found no answer.
我们作了长期的艰苦探索, 但没有找到答案。

9. contribute vt. 捐献, 捐助, 贡献出，捐赠
例句：I contributed a pound towards Jane's leaving present.
我凑了一英镑给简买告别礼物。

10. identify vt. 认出, 识别
例句：Could you identify your umbrella among a hundred others.
你能从100把雨伞中认出你的那一把吗?