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1.inauguration 就职典礼
Many African American families attended the inauguration of the country's first black president.
很多非洲裔美国家庭参加了美国第一位黑人总统的就职典礼。
2.opt to 选择
Some boards opt to hand it over to a risk committee.
一些董事会选择将这一问题交给某个风险委员会来处理。
n. 混乱，无秩序，混沌
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- Investors appear to be especially keen on downside protection around this election.
- 在这次大选期间，投资者似乎尤其热衷于“下档保护”。
- In September Cameron Crise, a strategist at Bloomberg, wrote that VIX futures markets have "never had an event risk command this sort of premium".
- 今年9月，彭博（美国财经资讯公司）策略师卡梅伦·克里兹写道，VIX期货市场“从未有过事件风险导致如此高的溢价”。
- Even more unusually, VIX futures prices are elevated not just around the date of the election,
- 更不寻常的是，VIX期货价格不仅在大选前后上涨了，
- but for the months between the vote on November 3rd and the inauguration on January 21st.
- 在11月3日投票到1月21日就职典礼之间的几个月里也在上涨。
- There are plenty of reasons for investors to worry about post-election chaos: the coronavirus pandemic means an enormous number of voters
- 投资者有很多理由担心选举后的混乱局面：新冠肺炎这一流行病意味着今年将有大量选民
- will opt to avoid crowded polling stations this year and send their ballots in by post instead.
- 会选择避开拥挤的投票站转向邮寄投票。
- These votes can take longer to count, raising the prospect of a period without a clear winner.
- 这些选票可能需要更长的时间来计票，增加了一段时期内获胜者不明的可能性。
- Even once a victor is declared, a slew of lawsuits may follow.
- 即使结果出来了，随之而来的也可能是一系列的诉讼。
- The uncertainty is exacerbated by President Donald Trump's suggestion that postal ballots may be fraudulent, and his reluctance to say that he will accept the election result.
- 唐纳德·特朗普总统暗示邮寄选票可能是伪造的，而且表明自己将不接受选举结果，使得不确定性加剧。
- The nearest guide to market reaction in such a situation would be to look at the contest between Al Gore and George Bush in 2000,
- 要了解市场在这种情况下的反应，最直接的方法就是看看2000年阿尔·戈尔和乔治·布什之间的竞争。
- which was too close to call on election day and involved recounts and lawsuits.
- 当时在选举日，双方势利难分，还涉及重新计票和诉讼。
- Markets dropped by 1.6% the day after the election as it became clear there was no decisive winner.
- 大选后的第二天，由于尚未确定获胜者，市场下跌了1.6%。
- The S&P 500 sank by more than 8% by the end of the year—though at least some of that probably re-flects the beginnings of the dotcom bust.
- 到今年年底，S&P 500下跌了超过8%——尽管其中至少有一部分可能再现了互联网泡沫破裂之初的情形。
- A happier scenario for investors—and citizens more broadly—would see a clear victor emerging on election day.
- 更能让投资者和广大公民感到欣慰的结果是，获胜者在选举日当天就被选出。
- And it may be that investors have begun to think this has become more likely than they did mere days ago.
- 或许投资者们已经感觉到了较之前几天这种可能性的加大。
- Though the news that Mr Trump had been diagnosed with covid-19 sent VIX futures higher on October 2nd, by the 7th futures maturing in November,
- 虽然特朗普被诊断为新冠的消息在10月2日推高了VIX期货，
- December and January had dropped below the level they had reached after the first presidential debate on September 29th.
- 但到11月、12月和1月到期的7个期货价格已经低于9月29日第一次总统辩论之后的水平，
- That might be thanks to a flurry of polls putting Joe Biden, Mr Trump's Democratic challenger, even further ahead.
- 这大概得益于一项结果为“特朗普的民主党竞争者乔·拜登领先”的民调。
- As the campaign moves into the home straight, investors are betting on less, rather than more, chaos.
- 随着大选接近尾声，投资者的押注混乱并没有愈演愈烈，相反在逐渐平息。
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| chaos | ['keiɔs] | 联想记忆 | ||
| democratic | [.demə'krætik] | 联想记忆 | ||
| victor | ['viktə] | 联想记忆 | ||
| strategist | ['strætidʒist] | |||
| inauguration | [in.ɔ:gju'reiʃən] | |||
| decisive | [di'saisiv] | |||
| uncertainty | [ʌn'sə:tnti] | |||
| enormous | [i'nɔ:məs] | 联想记忆 | ||
| campaign | [kæm'pein] | 联想记忆 | ||
| contest | ['kɔntest,kən'test] | 联想记忆 |
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