黄金企稳:交易员权衡通胀风险与石油供应冲击
Gold Steadies: Traders Weigh Inflation Risks Against Oil Supply Shocks
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原文Key Vocabulary
词汇A financial term meaning prices stop falling and begin to hold at a level. Composed of 企 (to stand on tiptoe/attempt) and 稳 (stable).
A market term describing price movements that stay within a tight range, neither breaking up nor down significantly.
Originally meaning a board game, now widely used in economics and politics to describe strategic interactions between competing parties.
In economics, refers to prices or wages that are slow to change. Here describes inflation that persists stubbornly.
Grammar Points
语法非但没有...反而...
Not only did not... but rather/instead... — Used to express that contrary to expectations, the opposite happened. Stronger than 不但不.
无一不...
Without exception; every single one... — A double negative construction meaning 'all of them' with emphasis. More literary than 都.
堪称...
Can be called; deserves to be called — Used to characterize something as a worthy example of a category. Formal register.
如同...令...
Like/as if... causing... — A formal simile structure followed by a causative verb. Used for vivid metaphorical descriptions.
愈演愈烈
To intensify; to grow more and more fierce — A four-character idiom describing escalation. The 愈...愈... pattern means 'the more... the more...'
归根结底
In the final analysis; ultimately — A formal transitional phrase used to introduce a concluding summary. Literally 'return to the root and reach the bottom'.