2019-08-14 conduit

英英释义：a connection between two things that allows people to pass ideas, news, money, weapons, drugs etc from one place to another

本意是“管道”，可以引申为“渠道、通道、门户”。这个词的用法比较正式，可以用来替换 channel.

sentence

1. WeChat is widely considered a reliable conduit for money transfers. 

2. Hong Kong has been China’sconduit, through which information, money, and talent flow in and out.

3. Many Chinese provincial capitals serve as regional conduits for information and commerce. 

4. For all the city’s reliance on finance, the Thames remains a conduit for its commerce. 

5. Though he spoke no English and growled thickly in French, often just to himself, they all knew what he was grumbling about. He was the conduit through which they, and their readers, came to grasp what was happening in Congo.（这里说的是已故刚果出租车司机 Pierre Mambele；they 指的是外国记者）

6. For 30 years he led the National Bureau of Economic Research, helping to secure its place as an essential conduit for economic scholarship.（这里说的是已故美国经济学家 Martin Feldstein） 

practice

很多人将闲鱼看作是放心的二手物品交易平台。

Many see Xianyu as a reliable conduit for transactions of second-hand items.

参考翻译：Xianyu is widely seen as a trusted conduit for used goods. 或 Many have considered Xianyu as a trustworthy conduit for buying and selling second-hand items.