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HSBC, Britain’s biggest bank, said its headquarters would remain in London. The lender had pondered returning to Hong Kong, its base until the early 1990s. Recently Britain’s government recast its “bank levy”, which has cost HSBC $1.5 billion a year; HSBC’s chairman, Douglas Flint, told the B*C it had applied “no pressure”, although “the government was well aware of our view”.
詞義解析:
Headquarters: 總部
Ponder：考慮
Recast：重新安排
Levy：稅
| 重點單詞 | 查看全部解釋 | |||
| ponder | ['pɔndə] |
想一想再看 v. 沉思，考慮 |
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| flint | [flint] |
想一想再看 n. 打火石，極硬的東西 |
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| recast | [,ri:'kɑ:st, -'kæst, 'ri:kɑ:st, -kæst] |
想一想再看 vt. 重鑄；徹底改動 n. 重鑄；重做的事物 |
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| levy | ['levi] |
想一想再看 n. 征稅，召集 |
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| pressure | ['preʃə] |
想一想再看 n. 壓力，壓強，壓迫 |
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| base | [beis] |
想一想再看 n. 基底，基礎，底部，基線，基數，(棒球)壘，[化]堿 |
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