商輪精讀筆記 2018-06-25

chaste：adj Something that is chaste is very simple in style, without very much decoration.

stormy spring：多事之春

defaults：vi.未履行任务或责任;受传唤时未出庭;由于不到庭而败诉;弃权

                   vt.未履行，拖欠;未参加或完成（例如，比赛）;[法]因未到庭而败（诉）

                    n.未履行，拖欠;[法]未到庭;弃权;[计] 缺省，默认

shot up：激增

sacrosanct：If you describe something as sacrosanct, you consider it to be special and are unwilling to see it criticized or changed

lose their nerve：手忙腳亂

frailty：If you refer to the frailties or frailty of people, you are referring to their weaknesses.

write off：If someone writes off a debt or an amount of money that has been spent on a project, they accept that they are never going to get the money back.

backtrack：If you backtrack on a statement or decision you have made, you do or say something that shows that you no longer agree with it or support it.

provoke cries：發出哀號

revert to：回复，归还

stodgily：If you describe someone or something as stodgy, you dislike them or are bored by them because they are very old-fashioned or serious.

sclerotic：巩膜的，硬化的

bail-out：優先分紅

bebolden：If you are beholden to someone, you are in debt to them in some way or you feel that you have a duty to them because they have helped you.

throttle：If you say that something or someone is throttling a process, institution, or group, you mean that they are restricting it severely or destroying it.