主被动储备区分 Topic 1
一、被动储备
HBO 家庭影院
Home Box Office(HBO) is an American premium cable and satellite TV network.
cable channel 有线（电视）频道
sprinkler 洒水装置
mechanical device that attaches to a garden hose（水管） for watering lawn or garden
S&P 500 index 标准普尔500指数
An Americanstock market indexbased on themarket capitalizationsof 500 large companies having common stock listed on theNYSEorNASDAQ.（记录美国500家上市公司的一个股票指数。）
streaming video 视频流
prophecy 预言
A statement in which someone says they strongly believe that a particular thing will happen.
air-freight hub 空运中心
Kentucky 肯塔基州
cash register 收银机，现金出纳机
pristine 未受损的，纯净的
immaculately clean and unused
But, of course, this region has always been pristine frontier, rugged and challenging.
inflammatory 使人激愤的
If you accuse someone of saying or doing inflammatory things, you mean that what they say or do is likely to make people react very angrily.
...nationalist policies that are too drastic and inflammatory.
...the posting of inflammatory content on Facebook.
二、主动储备
market capitalisation 市值
an estimation of the value of a business that is obtained by multiplying the number of shares outstanding by the current price of a share
tick off the pitfalls 列出几个潜在的危机（困难）
put a check mark on or near or next to
迅速报出；列举(项目)：
He ticked off the names of the guests. （他快速地说出了客人们的名字。）
nudge 轻推
If you nudge someone or something into a place or position, you gently push them there.
nudged him into the sitting room.
beef up 加强
If you beef up something, you increase, strengthen, or improve it.
The analyst says the company has to beef up its sales staff to offset turnover.
whinge about 抱怨
to keep complaining in an annoying way
Stop whindgeing about the situation and accept it.
resolutely 坚决地；毅然地
showing firm determination or purpose
She resolutely refused to look at him or speak to him.
propel its two principal businesses 推进它的两项主要业务
To propel something in a particular direction means to cause it to move in that direction.
debacle 彻底失败
A debacle is an event or attempt that is a complete failure.
People believed it was a privilege to die for your country, but after the debacle of the war they never felt the same again.
crank out cash 大幅盈利
If you say that a company or person cranks out a quantity of similar things, you mean they produce them quickly, in the same way, and are usually implying that the things are not original or are of poor quality.
wingspan 翼
The wingspan of a bird, insect, or aeroplane is the distance from the end of one wing to the end of the other wing.
But of course as I reflect I realize my wingspanwill never be wide enough.
bloated 庞大、肿胀
If you describe an organization as bloated, you mean that it is too big and does not work effectively.
This is a game that Microsoft, with its bloated bureaucracy does not want to play.
well-regarded 有声望的，受人尊敬的，有良好道德品质的
a boon to 对...来说是福音
You can describe something as a boon when it makes life better or easier for someone.
clout 影响力,势力
A person or institution that has clout has influence and power.
Mr. Sutherland may have the clout needed to push the two trading giants into a deal.
chip away 打击、攻击
Though try to chip away Mr.Obama's healthcare legislatioin...
predatory pricing 掠夺性订价
Topic 2
词（组）梳理分三类：①看文章时不影响理解的，但是不会用在输出的表达；看文章时影响理解的/不熟悉该词（组）这类语义用法的表达，②想积累为active词，会输出；③积累为passive，做到认知即可。（以下标题简写）
一、认知转active
1.level
make level or straight 使平等；使同等；使相等；消除(差别)；
leveling the paying field 创造公平支付环境
...tolevelthe ranks of society /Lovelevelsall people.
levelling the playing fields 把（橄榄球赛场的）场地弄平整→创造公平的比赛环境
2.disruption
颠覆，（行业的）巨变
基本释义：When there isdisruptionof an event, system, or process, it is prevented from continuing or operating in a normal way. 妨碍; 扰乱
Northern Rail said it would seek to minimisedisruptionfor customers if strike action went ahead.
marketdisruption[经] 市场瓦解；市场干扰
3.kick-start (competition)
v.& n. 以额外的努力或行为来开始一种事业或程序
4.explicit consent (n.&v.: [kən'sent])
明确同意
5.licensed (financial-services providers)
If you'relicensed, you have official approval to do something, like drive, fly a plane, or be a physical-therapist assistant.
SYN.:accredited,authorised
6.become more integrated into
更好地融入/与……结合
7.tighten up
to make a rule, law, or system more strict (使)更严格；加强
8.wave through a transaction
完成一笔交易
其它释义：给……带来一波冲击/发出警告，在……引起轩然大波
send a shock wave through...
9.sophisticated credit checks
复杂的信用审查
10.block (competition)
to stop something happening, developing, or succeeding 此处是“妨碍竞争”
11.(the changes) proposed in...
put forward
个人理解为在PSD2中提出的改变
12.funding costs
集资成本
二、不认识转active
1.shake up
change the arrangement or position of
Whichever way he goes, it willshakeupthe balance of power in the music industry.
2.predetermined
set in advance
...at apredeterminedtime
3.dire (warnings)
causing fear or dread or terror
SYN.:awful,direful,dread,dreaded,dreadful,fearful,fearsome,frightening,horrific,terrible
indireneed of 急需
4.mortgage ['mɔːgɪdʒ]
A mortgageis a loan of money which you get from a bank or savings and loan association in order to buy a house. 房屋抵押贷款
5.overdrawn
If you areoverdrawnor if your bank account isoverdrawn, you have spent more money than you have in your account, and so you are in debt to the bank. 透支的
He was $500overdrawn.他透支了500元。
6.unscathed [ʌn'skeɪðd]
not injured physically or mentally
SYN.:unharmed,unhurt,whole,uninjured
Foreign mining companies that have powered an economic emergence in Mali so far appear relativelyunscathed.
7.conspicuously
in a prominent way 显著地，明显地；超群地，惹人注目地
SYN.:prominently,remarkably,notably,markedly
8.resilient [rɪ'zɪlɪənt]
recovering readily from adversity, depression, or the like 迅速恢复活力的；迅速恢复精神的；心情愉快的；适应性强的
We need to make our cities more connected and moreresilient tothe challenges we face.
9.be watered down
被冲淡、淡化
10.bare their teeth
露出了獠牙
In the August confrontation over Georgia, the Russian Bear showed it will not hesitate tobare its teethand clawswhen it wants dominance.
在八月对格鲁吉亚采取军事行动后，俄罗斯这只大熊表明当他想要统治一方时，会毫不犹豫，张牙舞爪翻脸就不认人。
11.ruled that
When someone in authorityrulesthat something is true or should happen, they state that they have officially decided that it is true or should happen. 裁定
The courtruled thatlaws passed by the assembly remained valid.
该法庭裁定由议会通过的法律仍然有效。
三、不认识转passive
1.cumbersome
difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight 难处理的
2.lockhold
牢牢掌握
3.dumb pipe
stupid
dump pipe 根据群内讨论，是指如果fintech也有银行这样的数据，就可以取代银行之前可以用这些数据提供的业务，银行变得很只是储蓄的渠道。
4.stress-testing
Stress testing is a software testing activity that determines the robustness of software by testing beyond the limits of normal operation. Stress testing is particularly important for "mission critical" software, but is used for all types of software.压力测试
5.move current accounts
更改他们的现金账户
6.entrants
Anentrantis a person or company who has recently become a member of an institution or market. 新成员
...the company that made a name for itself as an earlyentrantin the digital video-recorder market.
…这个以数码录像机市场的早期进入者而享有名气的公司。