VOA慢速英语:Luxembourg Set to End Bank Secrecy

短语讲解：

1. The new legislation was approved last week after Luxembourg and Austria agreed to lift their vetoes.

agree to 同意， 赞成
例句：I agree to go with him.
我同意和他一起去。

2. The new law means that depositors will no longer be able to hide their money from governments in EU countries like Luxembourg.

be able to 能，会; 能够
例句：We must be able to stay impartial at all times. 
我们必须经常保持公正的态度。 

3. “This is a very significant development and it’s really the culmination of what at least in the EU has been a decade-long struggle by some governments - in France, Italy and Germany - to really curb this long standing practice of anonymous, offshore, if you like, bank accounts in other EU countries.”

at least 至少
例句：For that day at least he lost heart. 
至少这一天他是垂头丧气的。 

4. Bank deposits in the country are valued at more than 10 times the size of the nation’s yearly economic production.

more than 多于
例句：True friendship is worth more than money. 
真正的友谊比金钱更有价值。