第二篇
标题：Levelling the paying field
改自词组：levelling the playing field创建一个公平的环境
words and vocabulary
1.overdrawn a.已透支
The credit card/bank account is overdrawn.
2.nudge sb. to do sth.
The app could even nudge them to save more.
3.dire a.极其严重的；危急的
dire consequences可怕的后果
in dire poverty极度贫困
4.unscathed a.未受伤害的
Industrial biotech seems to have been relatively unscathed by the financial crisis.
The company’s core mergers and acquisitions business has escaped unscathed.
5.mount a challenge 发起挑战
6.incumbent a.在职的；n.
the incumbent president现任总统
One reason incumbents(n.文章中指现存的银行) have proved so resilient is that…
7.cumbersome a.大而笨重的；繁复的
The system is cumbersome and bureaucratic.该体质复杂繁琐，很官僚。
The mechanism is so cumbersome that no one bothers.
8.kick-start v.迅速开始、采取行动
kick start the rebuilding process启动重建进程
9.wave through a transaction
10.tighten up security
11.water down减轻；冲淡
Wall Street banks are gearing up for a furious lobbying campaign, in an effort to water down some of the reform proposals.华尔街银行正准备大举游说，以期减轻某些改革提议的推行力度。
12.bare one’s teeth【本意】张牙舞爪
Regulators have already bared their teeth.
13.entrant n.新职员；新会员
A single member country can veto a new entrant.一个成员国可以否掉一个新加入者。
He applied for entrant to university.他申请参加大学入学考试。
