学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 3474 devaluation

 今天我们要学的词是 devaluation.

devaluation 的意思是贬值。 

 

The governor of China’s central bank Yi Gang said recently that China would maintain a “normal” monetary¹ policy and would not get involved in competitive devaluation in an effort to improve the country’s slowing economy. 中国央行行长易纲最近表示，中国将维持“正常”的货币政策，不会为改善正在放缓的国内经济而争相进行货币贬值。

 

1 monetary   

adj.货币的，钱的；通货的；金融的；财政的

参考例句：

• The monetary system of some countries used to be based on gold.过去有些国家的货币制度是金本位制的。
• Education in the wilderness is not a matter of monetary means.荒凉地区的教育不是钱财问题。