hinterland/intruder/successor | 热词手帐原创 2018-01-29 英国《金融时报》 FT每日英语

热词手帐（No. 226）

我们从英国《金融时报》近期热点报道中挑选值得记忆的高频单词和短语，配合释义与新闻原文例句，帮助你轻松掌握地道实用的英文表达，在不断积累中感受英语能力的进步与提高。

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hinterland

[ˈhɪntəlænd]

n. 内陆地区；腹地；乡村地区

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Washington’s breakdown mirrors growing divisions in society — between white and non-white, graduates and non-graduates, city and hinterland, young and old.

华盛顿运转不灵反映了美国社会日益加深的分裂——白人与非白人之间、毕业生与非毕业生之间、城市与乡村之间、年轻人与老年人之间。

来源：《America’s political descent into tribalism/美国人不相信政客》

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penetrate

[ˈpenɪtreɪt]

v. 穿透；渗入；跻身；洞悉

intruder

[ɪnˈtru:də(r)]

n. 闯入者，侵入者；干扰者

make off with

携…而逃

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Coincheck said its systems were penetrated by a hacker in the early hours of Friday morning. The intruder made off with 523m units of the cryptocurrency XEM belonging to 260,000 customers.

Coincheck公司表示，黑客在上周五凌晨侵入其系统。入侵者偷走了属于26万客户的5.23亿个单位的加密货币XEM。

来源：《Coincheck promises refund after $500m cryptocurrency heist/日本遭窃加密货币交易所许诺偿还客户资金》

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successor

[səkˈsesə(r)]

n. 继承人；继任者

tarnish

[ˈtɑ:nɪʃ]

v. （使）失去光泽；玷污；败坏

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Theresa May, Mr Cameron’s successor in Number 10, travels to China this week amid signs that the so-called “golden era” between London and Beijing is being tarnished by disagreements over China’s overseas investment drive.

卡梅伦在唐宁街10号的继任者特雷萨•梅本周访问中国之际，有迹象显示，英中之间所谓的“黄金时代”正被中国对外投资努力所引发的分歧蒙上阴影。

来源：《David Cameron’s $1bn China fund hits investment wall/知情人士：卡梅伦英中投资基金筹备不顺利》