VOA慢速英语:The Future of Bitcoins

短语讲解：

1. Bitcoin is a digital currency used by terrorists and drug dealers, as well as major companies like Microsoft and Overstock.com.

as well as 也，又
例句：Boys as well as girls are taught cookery in school these days.
现在学校里男女学生都学烹饪。

2. In other words, everyone from private individuals who order pizza to terrorists who order weapons.

in other words 换句话说; 就是说
例句：Joe doesn' t like work -- in other words, he' s lazy !
乔不爱劳动──换句话说，他懒惰！

3. Nakamoto set up rules to limit the currency to 21 million bitcoins, reports Coindesk.

set up 建立; 准备; 安排
例句：They set up many branches throughout the country.
他们在全国建立好多分公司。

4. It was shut down in 2014 by U.S. regulators.

shoot down 击落; 朝下射击
例句：He was able to shoot down a flying bird with the bow and arrow.
他张弓搭箭能射落空中的飞鸟。

5. Bitcoins, in contrast, are controlled by the people who use them and are viewed as more democratic by their supporters.

in contrast 相比之下
例句：In contrast with most politicians, he was invariably polite.
与大多数政治家相比，他始终彬彬有礼。

6. The newspaper wrote that the technology behind Bitcoins, called blockchain, is “an almost incorruptible digital ledger that can be used to record practically anything that can be digitized …”

be used to 习惯于，适用于
例句：This will be used to multiply each term.
它被依次用来乘每一项。

7. “Governments are concerned about taxation and their lack of control over the currency,” writes Money.com.

concern about 使（自己）关心
例句：She showed great concern about you.
她很为你担心。