近期時事詞彙彙總5.9
death toll 死亡人數
high-ranking officials 高層官員
food stamp 食品券，食物券（發給失業者或貧民的糧票）
shore up 提振
例如：shore up economy 提振經濟
外刊中也常用prop up
例句：The budget for the 2010 fiscal year, Obama's first one, seeks to shore up the world's largest economy while also overhauling health care, energy and education.
capital buffer 資本緩衝
例句： Banks needing to augment its capital buffer will have until June 8th to develop a detailed capital plan, and until November 9th to implement that capital plan.
plea bargain 辯訴交易
美國的一項司法制度，指在法官開庭審理之前，處於控訴一方的檢察官和代表被告人的辯護律師進行協商，以檢察官撤銷指控、降格指控或要求法官從輕判處刑罰爲條件，換取被告人的認罪答辯（plea of Guilty）。
aircraft carrier 航空母艦
active and reserve forces 現役部隊和預備役部隊
on the back burner 擱置着，停止
例句：Although official NATO policy still says Georgia and Ukraine will become members of the alliance, NATO expansion has been on the back burner since France and Germany -- under pressure from Russia -- postponed indefinitely the launch of a pre-membership program for the Black Sea nations at a summit last year in Bucharest.
strategic offensive weapon 戰略進攻性武器
red ink 赤字
例句：The red ink was worse than the $3.5 billion loss Toyota had projected in February.
相反的，stay in the black表示“盈利”
例句：Honda expects to stay in the black this year.
drum up business 招攬生意，促進業務發展
例句：CEO Howard Schultz has his own ideas for drumming up business, of course; Starbucks says it has no plans for television now.
