dollar n. 1.美元〔符号为$〕。 2.元〔加拿大等国的货币单位,如加元,澳元等〕。 3.一元金币〔银币,纸币〕; 〔英俚〕五先令银币 (= crown)。 4.〔the dollars〕金钱,财富。 5.【物理学】元(原子堆的反应性单位,指缓发中子产生的反应性〕。 Hong Kong dollar 港币。 bet one's bottom dollars 〔美口〕确信,必然 (I'll bet my bottom dollars that he will succeed. 我确信他必然成功)。 dollar-a-year man 〔美国〕拿法定最低薪俸的现任官员。 dollars to buttons [doughnuts] 〔美俚〕确信,有把握 (It is dollars to doughnuts. 的的确确。 I'll bet you dollars to doughnuts. 我敢肯定)。 fell [look] like a million dollars 〔美俚〕感觉[看上去]十分健康;(妇女)看上去特别吸引人。 adv. -wise 1.以美元计算的 (How much does a million francs amount to dollar 一百万法郎合多少美元)。 2.在财政方面。
problem n. 1.问题,课题;疑难问题;令人困惑的情况。 2.【数、物】习题;作图题。 3.(象棋的)布局问题。 the problem of unemployment 失业问题。 His whole conduct is a problem to me. 他的一切行为我都不理解。 adj. 1.成问题的;难处理的。 2.关于社会问题的。 a problem child 【心理学】问题儿童;难管教的孩子。 a problem novel [play] (反映社会问题等的)问题小说[戏剧]。 sleep on [upon, over] a problem 把问题留到第二天解决。
His mind was now set upon the dollar problem ; this was grim indeed 他现在把全部心思都用来考虑“美元问题” ;这的确是一个困难的问题。
The writer , an american financial consultant named douglas gillespie , went on : “ i remind readers that the stock market crash in october 1987 began months earlier as a dollar problem , that then became an interest - rate problem , that then became a stock market problem ? a very , very big stock market problem 作者美国投资顾问道格拉斯.吉尔斯帕写到: “我要提醒读者的是,一场类似于1987年10月的股市崩溃已经从几个月前的美元危机开始了,并变成利率问题,最后变成一场股市危机一场非常非常大的股市危机。 ”