- Words and Phrases
coup | n.政变 | deprive | vt.剥夺 |
household | n.家庭 | hypothesis | 假设,前提 |
incentive | n.诱因,动机 | pasture | n.牧草 |
perceive | n.觉察,理解 | permanently | adv.永久地 |
premium | n.费用 | proposition | n.企业,事业 |
regulatory | adj,调整的 | remittance | n.汇款 |
remit | v.汇款 | subsidize | vt.补助 |
set off | 引起 | take into account | 重视,考虑,顾忌 |
take issue with | 提出异议 | affluent | adj.富裕的,富足的 |
arithmetic | n.算术 | broker | n.(股票债券的)经纪人 |
bubble | n.水泡 | bubbly | adj.气泡的 |
deduction | n.扣除 | exuberance | n.活跃;愉快;茁壮 |
metropolitan | adj.大都会的 | mortgage | n.抵押贷款 |
spectrum | n.范围 | stake | n.赌本;利益 |
steep | adj.(价格,需求)难以接受的;过高的 | unobjectionable | adj.不会招致反对的;可以接受的 |
a rule of thumb | 经验法则 | lean toward doing sth | 倾向于做某事 |
make sense | 讲得通 | make the case | 提出理由证明 |
set to | 开始起劲地干 | the chances are... | 很可能是 |
aggravate | 加重 | barrel | 桶,一桶之量 |
undercapitalized | adj.投资不足的 | entitlement | n.授权;命名 |
flush | vt.以水冲刷 | merchandise | 商品,货物 |
remedy | vt.改正,纠正 | restrain | vt.抑制,压制 |
sluggishness | 萧条,呆滞,惰性 | sluggish | adj.怠惰的 |
suatainable | 可持续的 | swap | vi.交换 |
bend on(doing) | 一心做某事 | cut back | 减少 |
tender | adj.脆弱的;温柔的 | withering | adj.使人畏惧的;使人害羞的 |
on track | 走上正轨 | stem from | 起源于 |
work-out | 锻炼 | write off | 购销;注销 |
Real estate agent | 房地产经纪人 |
- 句子
- These are the kind of workers that countries like Britain,Canada and Australia try to attract by using immigration rules that privilege college graduates.
- the brain-drain hypothesis fails to account for the effects of remittances.
- A skilled migrant may earn several multiples of what his income would have been had he stayed at home.
- That's why many agents are always pushing home buying,whatever the rationale of the moment happens to be.
- But if the chances are good that you will move again in the next few years,renting is usually the better bet.
- On the other end of the spectrum are metropolitan areas wherer prices still look bubbly.
- A crash strikes me as unlikely.But any potential homebuyers should know that real state exuberance ---- irrational exuberance,it seems-- has survived in at the least a few places.
- Migration may lead to a more productive pairing of people's skills and jobs.