和谐英语

VOA慢速英语:Greek Vote, China Weigh on East Asia Stock Prices

2015-07-07来源:VOA


短语讲解:

1. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index fell 3.2 percent -- its largest drop in more than three years.

more than 多于
例句:Rob likes apples more than bananas.
罗勃对苹果比对香蕉还喜欢。

2. But any efforts to support prices are small in comparison to the total value of the current loses.

in comparison to 与…相比
例句:In comparison to city life, life in the country is quiet and peaceful .
同城市生活相比,乡村生活既和平又宁静。

3.  The markets lost something like $3 trillion over the last couple of months -- that that’s a drop in the bucket compared to what would be needed to prop that market up.

compare to 把…比作, 喻为; 与…相比
例句:How does it compare to Hawaii?
和夏威夷比较起来如何呢?