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day2

• 关于新冠肺炎的一些表达
  • 封城
    • Locked down
    • be placed under quarantine
    • isolating affected areas 隔离疫区
    • limit interpersonal contact throughout the country
  • 担忧、惊慌
    • fears of
      eg. Fears of the virus are now affecting the global oil price.
    • fearful of
    • panick
      eg. Some Chinese firms are panicking.
    • 句型: The concern is less..., but rather... 担心主要不是来自...而是...
    • there are worries (n.) about
    • yet there is an uneasy feeling that...
    • hoard cash 攒钱
    • worsen firms' positions 恶化企业状况
• 对经济、生产、市场的影响
  • ground to a halt （国家、组织或进程）逐渐停顿，慢慢瘫痪
    eg. Economic activity of just about any kind has ground to a halt. 几乎一切形式的经济活动都已渐渐停止。
  • be a drag on
    eg. That will be a drag on consumption. 这将拖累消费。
  • offset this drag 抵消（这种）拖累影响
  • rebound swiftly 迅速反弹
    eg. Growth slowed sharply at the height of the epidemic but rebounded swiftly after it was contained. 在疫情高峰期，经济增长急剧放缓，但在疫情得到控制后迅速反弹。
  • darkening / a dismal outlook （前景）不乐观，灰暗
• 表示震荡、受到冲击
  • ripple through/around
    eg. Tremors have also rippled through global markets. 震荡也已经波及全球股市。
  • be caught by surprise （被打了个）措手不及
  • suffer shocks 遭受冲击
  • be hit / be hit especially hard
  • vulnerable 脆弱
• 关于新冠病毒
  • Covid-19
  • deadly disease 恶疾
  • epidemic / pandemic
  • restart / return to jobs / up and running 复工
  • get back up to speed / resume 恢复常态
  • work from home 在家办公
• 对经济、生产、市场的影响
  • amplify effects 扩大影响
    eg. As covid-19 spreads, its effect on business is amplified. 随着新冠病毒的扩散，疫情对商业的影响也在扩大。
  • impact is being felt 首当其冲受影响
  • foist changes on... 迫使...做出改变
  • plunge （数量）暴跌
  • cost the economy dearly 令经济蒙受巨大损失
  • cast a shadow
  • reel from
    eg. The economy is reeling from an unusual illness. 不同寻常的疾病正在重创经济。