But at the palace , a floating casino in an ideal spot near the ferry from hong kong , the carpet is worn , the grimy dining room is empty and on the gambling floors upstairs there is not a single punter 但是在王宫,一个移动赌场位于澳港渡口理想位置，地毯磨损、污秽的饭厅空荡荡，楼上的地板上没有空无一人。
With regulators failing to enforce disclosure rules , and with cautious big investors overtaken by the herd of small punters , volatility was to be expected 因为市场监控者无力有效地执行公司披露原则以及谨慎的大投资者不断地被一大群中小投资者挤出市场，对资本的挥发（就是资本的贬值，本人注）的预期进一步加强。
The sell - off could be exacerbated as mutual funds dump their holdings to meet redemption demands from punters who treat them more like speculative stocks than long - term investments 如果共同基金卖出所持股份来满足投资者的赎回需求，抛售很可能还会加剧。在这些投资者眼中，共同基金更像是投机性股票，而不是长期投资。
For them , the temptation of quick money is even greater , for if their judgements about market reaction are sound , the downside risks of the financial markets working against them are minimised . as the local punters say , the door to losses has been safely sealed 试想若他们预早作好投资部署，市场反应又果如他们所料，他们受不利市况影响的机会可以大减套句本地投机者的话，就像封了蚀本门一样。
Many expect the new super - casino to go either to blackpool ( the clear favourite of punters on betfair , a betting exchange ) or to greenwich , a london borough which has a tenuous claim to being especially needy but is home to the embarrassingly underemployed millennium dome ( now known as the o2 ) 许多人认为，新的超级赌场不是花落不莱克浦（很显然，它是“赌事”赛马交易所赌徒的最爱） ，就会是伦敦格林威治自治区的盘中餐，尽管格林威治声称赌场是自己迫切需要，但这一点很令人怀疑，因为至今尚未投入营运的千年穹顶（现在人称o2 ）就在该区的地盘上，真是尴尬的很。
Financial markets assumed a life of their own , ignorant of the basic role they were supposed to perform , and were turned more into a playground for punters than a channel for financial intermediation . as a result , the price signals became highly distorted and the likely outcome , when there was a significant shock , was market meltdown and financial repression 在这情况下，金融市场便像有了自己的生命般不受控制，完全丧失了它们原来中介资金的基本功能，变成专供投机者下注的赌场，结果价格会变得严重扭曲，市场一下子遇到重大冲击便会崩溃。
