banks

FINANCE AND STORAGE 金融；储藏

1. N-COUNT 银行
   A bank is an institution where people or businesses can keep their money.
   1. Which bank offers you the service that best suits your financial needs?...
      哪家银行提供的服务最适合您的理财需求？
   2. I had £10,000 in the bank.
      我在银行有1万英镑的存款。
2. 银行营业厅；银行办事处
   A bank is a building where a bank offers its services.
3. VERB 把（钱）存入银行
   If you bank money, you pay it into a bank.
   1. Once you have registered your particulars with an agency and it has banked your cheque, the process begins.
      一旦在某个代理行登记了详细信息并由它将支票存入银行，这一程序就开始了。
4. VERB 与（银行）有业务来往；在（银行）有账户
   If you bank with a particular bank, you have an account with that bank.
   1. My husband has banked with the Co-op since before the war.
      我丈夫自战前以来就在合作银行有户头。
5. N-COUNT 库（如血库等）
   You use bank to refer to a store of something. For example, a blood bank is a store of blood that is kept ready for use.
   1. ...Britain's National Police Computer, one of the largest data banks in the world.
      英国国家警务计算机系统，世界上最大的数据库之一
6. PHRASE 斥巨资；花费大笔的钱；倾家荡产
   If you say that the cost of something will not break the bank, you mean that it will not cost a large sum of money.
   1. Prices starting at £6 a bottle won't break the bank.
      每瓶6英镑的起价不算太贵。

AREAS AND MASSES 地区；大团物质

1. N-COUNT （河、湖等的）岸，堤岸
   The banks of a river, canal, or lake are the raised areas of ground along its edge.
   1. ...30 miles of new developments along both banks of the Thames.
      泰晤士河两岸30英里的新开发区
   2. ...an old warehouse on the banks of a canal.
      运河河畔的一座旧仓库
2. N-COUNT 垄；埂
   A bank of ground is a raised area of it with a flat top and one or two sloping sides.
   1. ...resting indolently upon a grassy bank.
      懒洋洋地躺在草埂上休息
3. N-COUNT （长条形的）堆，团
   A bank of something is a long high mass of it.
   1. On their journey south they hit a bank of fog off the north-east coast of Scotland.
      南行途中，他们在苏格兰东北海岸外遭遇了大雾。
4. N-COUNT （尤指机器、开关、仪表的）（一）排，（一）组
   A bank of things, especially machines, switches, or dials, is a row of them, or a series of rows.
   1. The typical laborer now sits in front of a bank of dials.
      现如今，工人通常都是坐在一排仪表前。
5. See also: banked

OTHER VERB USES 其他动词用法

1. VERB （通常指飞机在改变方向时）倾斜飞行
   When an aircraft banks, one of its wings rises higher than the other, usually when it is changing direction.
   1. A plane took off and banked above the highway in front of him.
      一架飞机起飞后在他前方的公路上空侧飞转向。

1. The banks would be forced to absorb large losses
   银行将被迫承受巨大的损失。
2. Banks add all the interest and other charges together
   银行合计所有利息和其他费用。
3. Banks have brought trouble on themselves by lending rashly
   银行滥放贷款给自己惹来了麻烦。
4. The banks should have been more circumspect in their dealings
   那些银行在交易中本该更加谨慎的。
5. The banks have long competed with American Express's charge cards and various store cards
   长久以来，这些银行一直在与美国运通公司的信用卡以及各式各样的商场赊购卡竞争。
6. Banks and building societies are competing fiercely for business
   银行和购房互助协会为了争夺业务而展开激烈的竞争。
7. Credit from foreign banks is drying up
   外资银行的放贷金额持续萎缩，面临枯竭。
8. So far this year, 104 banks have failed.
   今年到目前为止，已有104家银行倒闭。
9. Last week, banks and building societies were hanging fire on interest rates.
   上周，银行和建屋互助会推迟了就利率问题作出决定。
10. At these conventions, executives fraternized with the key personnel of other banks
    在这些集会上，主管们和其他银行的重要人员友善往来。
11. German banks are more generous in their lending
    德国银行的借贷条件更为宽松。
12. Banks and credit-card companies have been accused of gouging their customers.
    银行和信用卡公司被指控欺诈顾客。
13. Real estate lending has become the biggest growth area for American banks.
    房地产贷款已经成了美国银行业增长最快的业务领域。
14. The minister has persuaded the banks to lighten the burden of the foreign debt
    部长已经说服银行减轻外债负担。
15. 'First City' joined a long list of failed banks.
    “第一城市银行”加入了一长串破产银行之列。
16. I have no objection to banks making money
    我对银行营利并不抵触。
17. People who run small businesses are frightened by the predatory behaviour of the banks.
    小公司经营者被银行的掠夺行为吓坏了。
18. The bank is the product of a 1971 merger of two Japanese banks.
    这家银行是由两家日本银行于1971年合并而成。
19. The merchant banks raise capital for industry. They don't actually put it up themselves.
    商业银行为产业界募集资金。事实上他们自己并不出资。
20. The guerrillas raided banks and destroyed a police barracks and an electricity substation.
    游击队突袭了银行，摧毁了一处警察驻地和一个变电站。
21. The minister rapped banks over their treatment of small businesses.
    部长批评了银行对待小企业的态度。
22. Nearly 60 banks have rubber-stamped a refinancing deal.
    将近60家银行已经不加思索地批准了一项重新融资的交易。
23. Banks had increased scope to develop new financial products.
    银行已为开发新的金融产品留出了更大余地。
24. The central bank will provide special loans, and the banks will pledge the land as security.
    中央银行会提供特殊贷款，而这些银行会以土地作为抵押。
25. National banks can package their own mortgages and underwrite them as securities.
    国家银行能够合并自己的抵押贷款并以证券形式包销。
26. The banks are being told to think about small businesses a little more. And about time too.
    银行被告知要更多地为小企业考虑一下。的确是时候该这样做了。
27. Economic policy in Europe should not be run by an unaccountable committee of governors of central banks.
    欧洲经济政策不应由不负责任的央行行长委员会来执行。
28. People always complain that the big banks and big companies are unfriendly and unhelpful
    人们总是抱怨大银行和大公司不友善、不愿提供帮助。
29. Mr James persuaded the banks to accept a large write-off of debt.
    詹姆斯先生说服银行同意注销一大笔债务。
30. The water has been on the same level with the banks.
    水已经平了河岸。

noun

1. English botanist who accompanied Captain Cook on his first voyage to the Pacific Ocean (1743-1820)

   Synonym:    Sir Joseph Banks