重点讲解:
1. end up (通常指意外地)最终到达;
The result was that the engine ended up at the bottom of the canal.
结果引擎最终沉到了运河底 。
2. stop short of 险些(做…);差点没(做…);
It contends some are operating on the margins of legality, although it has st opped short of taking direct action against them.
虽然没有采取直接的行动,但这份名单里的一些人的确是在打法律的擦边球 。
3. a raft of 大堆;大量;
Regulators in turn have pushed through a raft of rules on the amount of equity and liquidity institutions should hold.
监管机构进而推行一系列规定,对金融机构应当持有的股本和流动性数量实施管理 。
4. ahead of the pack (在竞赛中)领先其他对手;
The Socialists may still finish ahead of the pack.
社会党最终仍可能会领先 。
n. 流动性;流动资产;偿债能力