【詞匯講解】

1.meltdown 徹底垮臺

如：He now has lost $20 billion since the tech meltdown began in 2000, due largely to the drop in value of his Microsoft shares.
由于科技產業的泡沫逐漸走向破滅，他所持的微軟股份也難逃貶值的厄運，從2000年到現在，他的總資產共損失了200億。

We did what we did, we had to go into the market because of the serious risk at the time of a meltdown of our economy resulting from the breaking up of the linked exchange rate system.
我們做了我們應做的事，我們必須投身市場中，因為假若香港當時脫離聯系匯率，我們的經濟便會崩潰，面臨嚴重的危機。

2.low-cost adj. 價格便宜的，廉價的
3.platitude n. 陳詞濫調，陳腐

如：It's no more than a platitude.
無非是老生常談。

A commonplace remark or notion; a platitude.
陳詞濫調陳腐庸俗的話或想法; 陳詞濫調

4.hang on to 緊緊抓住，堅持下去

如：Nothing was left for him to hang on to.
他已經沒有什么東西可以指靠的了。

He managed to hang on to a piece of rock protruding from the cliff.
他設法抓住了懸崖上向外伸出的巖石。

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