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Thomas Cook has collapsed after last-minute negotiations aimed at saving the holiday firm failed. The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said the tour operator has "ceased trading with immediate effect". It has also triggered the biggest ever peacetime repatriation aimed at bringing more than 150,000 British holiday makers home. Peter Fankhauser, Thomas Cook's chief executive, said the firm's collapse was a "matter of profound regret".

collapse vi. （突然）倒塌，倒閉 n. 突然失敗，倒閉
· 同義表達: go bankrupt/broke
last-minute: adj. 最后一分鐘的（往往指某件事發生之前的最后一刻）
· last-minute review: 考試前說的臨陣磨槍；最后時刻的復習
· last-minute decision: 最后時刻拍板的決定
be aimed at doing sth. 旨在做某事
· The talks are aimed at ending the war.
這些交談是旨在結束戰爭。
tour operator: 旅行社
同義表達: holiday firm；travel agency
trigger vt. 引起，觸發 n. 扳機
· The two air strikes triggered a global oil crisis.
這兩起空襲引發了全球的石油危機。
ever: 放到最高級之后，表達的是“有史以來最……”
· This is my best ever grade.
這是我有史以來最好的成績了。
repatriation n. 遣送回國，歸國
profound adj. 深刻的，深邃的，巨大的
· profound meaning: 深刻的意義
· profound change: 巨大的改變
· profound mind: 深邃的思想

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