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stock market

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Stocks & shares
ˈstock ˌmarket ●○○ noun [countable usually singular]  1. BFSthe business of buying and selling stocks and shares 证券交易,股票交易2. BFSa place where stocks and shares are bought and sold 证券[股票]交易所,证券市场 SYN stock exchange
Examples from the Corpus
stock marketMost were in their teens during the last stock market panic, the Black Monday crash of Oct. 19,1987.While productivity, profits, executive pay and the stock market keep going up, workers' incomes keep going down.Exuberance in the stock market has some genuine economic and financial underpinnings.This is an insurance policy that buys funds which are invested on the stock market.But money was still made on the stock market.Whether the charge of investor short-termism is valid turns essentially on whether the stock market is efficient in pricing shares.The stock market party is over.
From Longman Business Dictionarystock marketˈstock ˌmarket (also stockmarket), or stock exchange especially British English [countable]FINANCE a place where companies’ shares are bought and soldThe company was floated on the stock market last year. market
ˈstock ˌmarket nounChineseSyllable
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stock market
ˈstock ˌmarket noun [countable usually singular]
1. the business of buying and selling stocks and shares
2. a place where stocks and shares are bought and sold
   SYN  stock exchange


stock marketBrE /ˈstɒk mɑːkɪt/ 🔊NAmE /ˈstɑːk mɑːrkɪt/ 🔊 (also market) nounthe business of buying and selling shares in companies and the place where this happens; a stock exchange 证券交易(所);股票交易(所);股市to make money on the stock market在股票市场上赚钱a stock market crash (= when prices of shares fall suddenly and people lose money) 股票市场的暴跌<titled tranID="35" status="2">The economy<chnsep> </chnsep><chn>经济</chn></titled>

Managing the economy 管理经济

  • handle/run/manage the economy 管理经济
  • boost investment/spending/employment/growth 促进投资/支出/就业/增长速度
  • stimulate demand/the economy/industry 刺激需求/经济/工业
  • cut/reduce investment/spending/borrowing 削减投资/支出/借贷
  • reduce/curb/control/keep down inflation 减少/遏制通货膨胀
  • create/fuel growth/demand/a boom/a bubble 创造/刺激增长/需求/繁荣/泡沫
  • encourage/foster/promote/stimulate/stifle innovation/competition 鼓励/促进/刺激/抑制创新/竞争
  • encourage/work with/compete with the private sector 鼓励私营部门;与私营部门合作/竞争
  • increase/boost/promote US/agricultural exports 增加/促进美国/农业出口
  • ban/restrict/block cheap/foreign imports 禁止/限制/阻止廉价/国外进口产品
  • the economy grows/expands/shrinks/contracts/slows (down)/recovers/improves/is booming 经济增长/扩张/收缩/萎缩/放缓/复苏/改善/繁荣
  • enjoy an economic/housing/property boom 享受经济/住房/房地产的繁荣期

Economic problems 经济问题

  • push up/drive up prices/costs/inflation 抬高价格/成本;加剧通货膨胀
  • damage/hurt/destroy industry/the economy 破坏工业/经济
  • cause/lead to/go into/avoid/escape recession 引起/导致/进入/避开经济衰退
  • experience/suffer a recession/downturn 经历/遭受经济衰退
  • fight/combat inflation/deflation/unemployment 抵抗通货膨胀/通货紧缩/失业
  • cause/create inflation/poverty/unemployment 导致/造成通货膨胀/贫穷/失业
  • create/burst a housing/stock market bubble 造成/引爆住房/股票市场泡沫
  • cause/trigger a stock market crash/the collapse of the banking system 引起股市崩盘/银行系统崩溃
  • face/be plunged into a financial/an economic crisis 面临/陷入财政/经济危机
  • be caught in/experience cycles of boom and bust 陷入/经历周期性繁荣与萧条

Public finance 公共财政

  • cut/reduce/slash/increase/double the defence/(especially US) defense/education/aid budget 削减/大幅削减/增加/加倍国防/教育/援助预算
  • increase/boost/slash/cut public spending 增加/大幅削减/削减公共支出
  • increase/put up/raise/cut/lower/reduce taxes 提高/降低税收
  • raise/cut/lower/reduce interest rates 提高/降低利率
  • ease/loosen/tighten monetary policy 放宽/收紧货币政策
  • balance the (state/federal) budget 平衡(州/联邦)预算
  • achieve/maintain a balanced budget 达到/保持预算平衡
  • run a ($4 trillion) budget deficit/surplus 有(4 万亿美元的)预算赤字/盈余
collocations at politics, vote