drachma

noun

1. 德拉克马（希腊货币单位，于2002年为欧元所取代）
   the unit of money in Greece (replaced in 2002 by the euro)

1. N-COUNT 德拉克马(希腊货币单位，现被欧元所代替)
   The drachma was the unit of money used in Greece before it was replaced by the euro.
   1. The drachma was also used to refer to the Greek currency system.
      
   2. In April 1992 the Greek drachma was the only Community currency not yet part of the EMS exchange-rate mechanism.
      1992 年 4 月间希腊的德拉克马是唯一一种还未纳入欧洲货币体系兑换机制的欧共体成员国货币。

1. The real trouble comes after the default, when Greece has to make a choice about whether it stays in the euro or it takes its chances and moves back to the drachma.
   真正的大麻烦是在违约之后，希腊会选择留在欧元区还是回归本国货币德拉克马。
2. By Monday, the legislature will vote an emergency law that designates a fixed exchange rate of, say, 1 drachma –– the Greek pre-Euro currency –– for each euro.
   周一，议会投票通过一项紧急法案，指定固定兑换汇率，假设1德拉克马（希腊加入欧元区之前的货币）兑换1欧元。
3. By Monday, all corporate and personal savings in Greek banks will be denominated in drachma.
   从周一起，所有企业和个人在希腊银行的存款都改为德拉克马计价。
4. The word "dram" translates into English as "money", and is cognate with the Greek drachma.
   单词“dram”用英语翻译是“钱”与古希腊的硬币名称是同词源的。
5. Simply writing off its debts and reclaiming the drachma would trigger economic collapse.
   仅仅将债务全部赖掉并重启德拉马克，将会引起经济崩溃。
6. But they are also engaged in more work behind the scenes to ensure that if a country leaves the eurozone they will not have to receive payments in a devalued drachma or peseta.
   但与此同时，它们也展开了更多的幕后行动，以确保倘若有某个国家退出欧元区，自己不会收到以贬值的德拉克马或比塞塔为计价货币的还款。
7. It now seems that people think it is a drachma in disguise.
   现在人们似乎认为，欧元是伪装的德拉克马（希腊采用欧元前的货币）。
8. And found the drachma belt.
   找到了德拉克马腰带。
9. I think we should not rule out the possibility, before the decade is out, of the rebirth of currencies such as the drachma, lira and peseta.
   我认为，不应该排除德拉克马、里拉和比塞塔等货币在2020年前复活的可能性。
10. The Greek drachma, the Irish punt, the Portuguese Escudo, the Spanish peseta, the Italian lira and, maybe, the French franc would have devalued against the Deutschmark.
    希腊德拉克马、爱尔兰镑、葡萄牙埃斯库多、西班牙比塞塔、意大利里拉，可能还有法国法郎，相对德国马克都已经贬值。
11. The new drachma would devalue substantially.
    这种新“德拉克马”将会大幅贬值。
12. Restoring the drachma at a lower exchange rate would help exports and allow tourism revenues to start flowing again.
    恢复本国汇率较低的货币，能促进出口，并让旅游业收入重新流动起来。
13. Mr Smallwood discusses an interim period of high interest rates to encourage Greek deposits to stay put, reinforced by lender-of-last-resort drachma credits from the Greek central bank.
    斯莫尔伍德对实行高利率的过渡时期进行了讨论，此举旨在鼓励保持希腊储蓄，作为最后贷款者的希腊央行的德拉克马（希腊本币）信贷将加强这点。
14. What would happen then? Even if Greece did slide towards the exit rather than jumping, at some stage the government would have to complete the process by introducing the new drachma one weekend when the markets were closed.
    即使希腊能避免骤然退出，缓步离开欧元区，到某个阶段，希腊政府终将不得不在股市闭市期间引入新德拉克马【注】来完成退出。
15. Nor is there a way for Greece to devalue its currency, as it would have done in the pre-EMU days of the drachma.
    希腊也没有办法让自己的货币贬值，就像他们在EMU成立之前会做的那样。
16. If a country such as Greece were to adopt its own currency, alongside the euro, it would act from a position of weakness, and probably need to force its citizens to hold drachma.
    如果希腊等国家打算重启本国货币与欧元一同流通，本国货币起初可能会处于弱势，所以政府很可能必须强制公民持有德拉克马。
17. To escape, Greece must now begin an orderly default, voluntarily exit the eurozone and return to the drachma.
    要想摆脱困境，希腊必须从现在开始一场有序的违约，主动退出欧元区，并重新采用德拉克马（drachma，原希腊货币）。
18. In a more pessimistic scenario, the drachma might have fallen in lurches leading to a series of so-called crises.
    更为悲观的情形是，德拉克马出现跳跃式贬值，引发一系列所谓的危机。
19. Greece would introduce a currency the "new drachma".
    希腊应推出一种货币“新德拉克马”。
20. Banks would have legacy Euro accounts and new drachma accounts.
    银行要保留遗留的欧元账户，同时开设新德拉克马账户。

noun

1. formerly the basic unit of money in Greece

   Synonym:    Greek drachma

2. a unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains

   Synonym:    dramdrachm