用法学习: 1. Dyslexia, also known as reading disorder, is characterized by trouble with reading despite normal intelligence. Different people are affected to varying degrees. Problems may include difficulties in spelling words, reading quickly, writing words, "sounding out" words in the head, pronouncing words when reading aloud and understanding what one reads. Often these difficulties are first noticed at school. When someone who previously could read loses their ability, it is known as "alexia". The difficulties are involuntary and people with this disorder have a normal desire to learn. People with dyslexia have higher rates of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), developmental language disorders, and difficulties with numbers. Dyslexia is believed to be caused by the interaction of genetic and environmental factors. Some cases run in families. Dyslexia that develops due to a traumatic brain injury, stroke, or dementia is called "acquired dyslexia 后天的". The underlying mechanisms of dyslexia are problems within the brain's language processing. Dyslexia is diagnosed through a series of tests of memory, vision, spelling, and reading skills. Dyslexia is separate from reading difficulties caused by hearing or vision problems or by insufficient teaching or opportunity to learn. Dysgraphia: A disorder involving difficulties with writing or typing, sometimes due to problems with eye–hand coordination; it also can impede direction- or sequence-oriented processes, such as tying knots or carrying out repetitive tasks. In dyslexia, dysgraphia is often multifactorial, due to impaired letter-writing automaticity, organizational and elaborative difficulties, and impaired visual word forming, which makes it more difficult to retrieve the visual picture of words required for spelling. 2. A medical ventilator (or simply ventilator in context) is a machine designed to provide mechanical ventilation by moving breathable air into and out of the lungs, to deliver breaths to a patient who is physically unable to breathe, or breathing insufficiently. While modern ventilators are computerized machines, patients can be ventilated with a simple, hand-operated bag valve mask. Ventilators are chiefly used in intensive care medicine, home care, and emergency medicine (as standalone units) and in anesthesiology (as a component of an anesthesia machine). Medical ventilators are sometimes colloquially called "respirators [ˈrespəˌreɪtər] 呼吸机 (现多指保护面罩) = ventilator( I. a machine used in hospitals for helping people who cannot breathe on their own. be on/be put on a respirator: He had pneumonia and was put on a respirator. II. an object covering your nose and mouth that helps you to breathe when you are in a place that is full of smoke or gas. defibrillator [diˈfɪbrɪˌleɪtər] a piece of equipment for giving the heart an electric shock to make it start to beat normally again. catheter [ˈkæθətər] 插管 a thin tube put into your body to remove a liquid such as urine. flotation tank 漂浮仓 (a sensory deprivation [ˌdeprɪˈveɪʃ(ə)n] tank = isolation tank = flotation tank. deprivation I. uncountable a situation in which people do not have basic things that they need to live a comfortable life. social deprivation. II. countable/ vuncountable a situation in which you do not have something that you need or want. He was beginning to show symptoms of sleep deprivation. the deprivations of prison life. ) a large container filled with salt water in which people float in order to completely relax. incubator 婴儿仓 a piece of hospital equipment that ill or premature babies lie in to be kept warm and given treatment. pacemaker 心跳辅助器 medical a small piece of electronic equipment connected to someone’s heart to help the heart muscles move regularly. stethoscope [ˈsteθəˌskoʊp] 听诊器 noun a piece of equipment used by doctors for listening to someone's heart or breathing. stirrup [ˈstɪrəp] 马磴子 noun a thing that is used for supporting your foot, for example when giving birth.)", a term stemming from commonly used devices in the 1950s (particularly the "Bird respirator"). However, in the present-day medical field, the word "respirator" refers to a protective face mask and ventilators are never referred to as respirators. Noninvasive methods, such as Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) and Non-invasive ventilation, which are adequate for patients who require a ventilator only while sleeping and resting, mainly employ a nasal mask. Invasive methods require intubation ( intubate 插管 [ˈɪntjʊˌbeɪt] (transitive) medicine to insert a tube or cannula into (a hollow organ); cannulate. ), which for long-term ventilator dependence will normally be a tracheotomy cannula, as this is much more comfortable and practical for long-term care than is larynx or nasal intubation. 3. In economics and finance, risk aversion 不愿承担危险, 规避风险心理 is the behavior of humans, who, when exposed to uncertainty, attempt to lower that uncertainty. It is the hesitation of a person to agree to a situation with an unknown payoff rather than another situation with a more predictable payoff but possibly lower expected payoff. risk-averse 规避风险的 adj unwilling to take risks or wanting to avoid risks as much as possible: He feels modern attitudes to children's play are too restrictive and risk-averse. risk-averse investors. "The risk aversion we've seen, the spike in the volatility doesn't bode well for the Aussie. The outbreaks are still in the early stages and the uncertainty is likely to remain for some time and that's going to prevent the Aussie from climbing. Central bank measures are very much welcome but the uncertainty of the impact means the market will remain volatile 动荡." said NAB senior FX strategist Rodrigo Catril. 4. precaution 保险起见 something done to protect people or things against possible harm or trouble. as a precaution 保险起见, 谨慎起见, 以防万一: Residents along the coast were evacuated as a precaution. take precautions 采取保护措施, 谨慎起见: Doctors recommend taking precautions to protect your skin from the sun. flatline noun. a situation in which someone or something is dead or no longer operating. go flatline: Over-demand has caused free Internet access to go flatline. flatline verb. I. to die or be so near death that the display of one's vital signs on medical monitoring equipment shows a flat line rather than peaks and troughs. II. to remain at a continuous low level. to fall to a very low level. fail to increase; remain static. "their share of the vote has flatlined at about 3%". After a period of rapid growth, demand for cell phones has almost flatlined. a. to be at a low level and not increase: Have widescreen TV prices finally flatlined? b. to stop being popular or successful: Her acting career has flatlined. numb out I. To become numb to one's emotions or outside sensations as a result some physical or psychological stimulus or trauma. As a way of dealing with my depression and anxiety, I spent several years in college just numbing out 麻木, 变得麻木 with booze and video games. A large portion of the population is just numbing out when it comes to voting because they feel like the system is inherently broken. II. To cause someone to become numb to their emotions or outside sensations as a result some physical or psychological stimulus or trauma. The loss of my daughter in the accident completely numbed me out for the better part of 10 years. My doctor prescribed this medication to help me cope with my anxiety, but I find that it's been really numbing me out, so I might ask her about going off it for a while. 5. 抢购: Anticipating long periods at home, shoppers, alike in Australia, have been snapping up essentials such as toilet roll and dried foods before more restrictive measures 限制性措施 are implemented实施. Video of shoppers fighting have been commonplace across Australian social media, and a handful of videos emerging from Britain shows tensions are flaring 紧张情绪爆发 among some of its 66 million population. A surge in concerned buying has forced Coles and Woolworths into unprecedented moves in recent days. Both supermarkets have now implemented a shopping hour between 7am and 8am that allows elderly and disabled shoppers to access products before other shoppers. 离队: Patriots [ˈpeɪtriət] owner Robert Kraft, who deferred to ( defer to arrange for something to happen at a later time than you had planned. If you defer an event or action, you arrange for it to happen at a later date, rather than immediately or at the previously planned time. Customers often defer payment for as long as possible. I'm not going to defer decisions just because they are not immediately politically popular. defer to 听从 to accept someone's opinion or decision, especially because you respect them. If you defer to someone, you accept their opinion or do what they want you to do, even when you do not agree with it yourself, because you respect them or their authority. Doctors are encouraged to defer to experts. I will defer to Mr. Walters on this point. ) coach Bill Belichick in the negotiations, told NBC Sports he hoped Brady would play in New England or retire. Kraft, Belichick and Brady have been widely seen as the three pillars 柱石, 支柱 of the Patriots' unprecedented run of success since 2001. Reached by ESPN's Mike Reiss after Brady posted his message, Kraft said: "Tommy initiated contact 主动联系 last night and came over. We had a positive, respectful discussion. It's not the way I want it to end, but I want him to do what is in his best personal interest. After 20 years with us, he has earned that right. I love him like a son." Shortly after Brady's post, the Patriots released statements from Kraft and Belichick. Among their comments, Belichick said: "Tom and I will always have a great relationship built on love, admiration, respect and appreciation. Tom's success as a player and his character as a person are exceptional." Replacing Brady won't be easy for the Patriots due to salary cap constraints. Since he reached free agency, they will have $13.5 million in dead money from his contract in 2020, even though he'll be on another team. The next quarterback in line is 23-year-old Jarrett Stidham, a fourth-round draft pick in 2019 who appeared in three games last season. It's believed that the Patriots like what they have in the Auburn product, but he is untested 未经考验的. 6. equity [ˈekwəti] I. uncountable formal a fair and reasonable way of behaving toward people, so that everyone is treated in the same way. a political campaign for pay equity 同工同酬. Equity is the quality of being fair and reasonable in a way that gives equal treatment to everyone. We base this call on grounds of social justice and equity. a. legal a branch of law that developed alongside the common law and that is used to obtain a fair result when common law does not provide a solution. There are numerous unwritten rules pertaining to the principles of equity. II. uncountable business the value of a property after you have taken away the amount left to pay on the mortgage (=money borrowed to buy it). In finance, your equity is the sum of your assets, for example the value of your house, once your debts have been subtracted from it. To capture his equity, Murphy must either sell or refinance. ...a Personal Equity Plan. a. the value of a company's shares. III. equities 股权 plural business company shares that can be bought and sold on a stock market. negative equity If someone who has borrowed money to buy a house or flat has negative equity, the amount of money they owe is greater than the present value of their home. Negative gearing is a form of financial leverage whereby an investor borrows money to acquire an income-producing investment and the gross income generated by the investment (at least in the short term) is less than the cost of owning and managing the investment, including depreciation and interest charged on the loan (but excluding capital repayments). The investor may enter into a negatively geared investment expecting tax benefits or the capital gain on the investment after it is sold to exceed the accumulated losses of holding the investment. The investor would take into account the tax treatment of negative gearing, which may generate additional benefits to the investor in the form of tax benefits if the loss on a negatively geared investment is tax-deductible against the investor's other taxable income and if the capital gain on the sale is given a favourable tax treatment. equality [ɪˈkwɒləti] the state of being equal, especially in having the same rights, status, and opportunities. The Party is committed to sexual and racial equality. Countless people have died trying to achieve basic equality for women. equality between: equality between husband and wife. equality with: Young men sought equality with their elders. equation [ɪˈkweɪʒ(ə)n] 等式. inequality [ˌɪnɪˈkwɑləti] 数学中的不等式(数学中的表达式是expression) a situation in which people are not equal because some groups have more opportunities, power, money, etc. than others. inequality in: There are great inequalities in health care across the country. social/economic/racial/sexual inequality: policies aimed at eliminating poverty, unemployment, and social inequality. inequality between: Her book is about the inequality between women and men. equity VS equality: Equity and equality are two strategies we can use in an effort to produce fairness. Equity is giving everyone what they need to be successful. Equality is treating everyone the same. Equality
aims to promote fairness, but it can only work if everyone starts from
the same place and needs the same help. Equity appears unfair, but it
actively moves everyone closer to success by "leveling the playing
field." But not everyone starts at the same place, and not everyone has
the same needs. Equity, as we have seen, involves trying to understand
and give people what they need to enjoy full, healthy lives. Equality,
in contrast, aims to ensure that everyone gets the same things in order
to enjoy full, healthy lives. Like equity, equality aims to promote
fairness and justice, but it can only work if everyone starts from the
same place and needs the same things.
团结 (have each other's back. be united on something 一致的. togetherness, cohesion, stick together like glue ): 1. freeze harden 硬化, 强硬 solidify固化. stiffen. Study the examples below to see how these verbs may be used: If it's cold enough in January, the lake will freeze (over)结冰 and we can go skating. His assets were frozen冻结 because he was five hundred thousand pounds in debt. This glue dries very fast and hardens变硬, 硬化 in less than an hour. His attitude to the company hardened态度强硬, 变强硬 when he realized that his shares were worthless. Pour the beef dripping into a bowl and when it has solidified凝固, 固化 you can spread it on toast. All the various factions solidified 团结一致, 团结一心 and promised allegiance to their leader. She was afraid. Her whole body stiffened僵硬不已 when she heard him come through the door. They were clearly going to lose, but their resistance stiffened抵抗顽强, 抵抗顽固 and they fought harder than before. 2. togetherness 团结一致, 抱团心理
a feeling of friendship and happiness in a close relationship.
Togetherness is a happy feeling of affection and closeness to other
people, especially your friends and family. Nothing can ever take the place of real love and family togetherness. There is a need for a sense of togetherness. There is a need for the community to be informed. Herd mentality, mob mentality and pack mentality 从众心理, also lesser known as gang mentality,
describes how people can be influenced by their peers to adopt certain
behaviors on a largely emotional, rather than rational, basis. herd together to make people come together to form a group The rest of us were herded together in the room opposite. herd verb. to make a group of animals move together to another place. Every summer he worked on his uncle's farm, herding sheep 赶羊群, 牧羊. a. to move people as a group from one place to another. Tourists were herded from room to room through the museum. like herding cats 像赶羊群一样 humorous used to refer to a difficult or impossible task, for example organizing a group of people who all want to do different things. We have the task of getting people back from the break. It's like herding cats. graze I. to eat grass growing in a field. The sheep were grazing 牧羊, 放牧 peacefully. a. transitive to put an animal in a place where it can eat grass. Farmers can now graze their cattle on the mountain. II. intransitive/transitive to touch something slightly when you pass it. She let her fingers graze lightly against his skin. III. transitive to break the surface of your skin, for example when you fall to the ground. He fell off the swing and grazed his knee. IV. intransitive informal to eat small amounts of food regularly instead of eating meals. 3. Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, who wanted the Socialists' support in order to present a united 一致对外的, 团结一致的 political front against the secessionist(secession [sɪˈseʃ(ə)n] the act of seceding, especially from a country. secede [sɪˈsid] 分裂
to officially leave an organization. This word is used especially about
a state or region that chooses to become independent and govern itself.) Catalan government, will hold a special cabinet meeting on Saturday to start to process of imposing direct rule. gesture of: a gesture of support/solidarity/goodwill 以示支持, 以示好意, 表示支持, 以示团结. 4. Scandals: All right, we need to be united 意见统一, 想法一致, 统一, 一致, 团结一致, 齐心协力 on this. Are we united on this? If I do this, we all do this. You have to have my back. Are we gladiators, or are we bitches? I need to hear it. 5. The ban prompted outrage from the supportive community, who banded together 团结起来, 团结一致 to protest the grinch-like ( grinch 煞风景, 败兴 I.
A grouch or killjoy. II. someone who tries to stop people enjoying
themselves. A person who aggressively sets out to ruin the Christmas
holidays for others. ingrate [ˈɪnɡreɪt] someone who is not grateful in the way they should be. ) warning. 5. By 1973, this had developed into 发展成为 a cohesive political movement 团结的政治运动. cohesive adj [koʊˈhisɪv] combining well to form a strong well-organized unit. Something that is cohesive consists of parts that fit together well and form a united whole. It takes an enormous amount of work to make a cohesive album. Huston had assembled a remarkably cohesive 有凝聚力的 and sympathetic cast. They had no group cohesiveness 集体凝聚力. They were in competition with each other all the time. cohesion 凝聚力, 团结一致: I. a situation in which people or things combine well to form a unit. If there is cohesion within a society, organization, or group, the different members fit together well and form a united whole. The cohesion of the armed forces was rapidly breaking down. The group's teaching and methods threatened social cohesion. The common threat of war produces cohesion in a community. However, there is no discernible political cohesion 团结, 凝聚力
within the group, and as such they should not be compared to other
informal groupings such as the Shanghai clique or the Tuanpai ("Youth
League clique"), which resemble inter-party factions with some degree of affinity on policy issues. II. linguistics a relationship between sentences or parts of a piece of writing that is shown by particular words or phrases. 6. All right, well, I'd say the case is in good hands. Us little guys really need to stick together (like glue) 团结一致, 团结起来, 团结在一起, right? Like glue. Good one. Just call me if you ever need anything. Okay? You've always got a friend at City Hall, Judy. 7. glue (something) together (be joined at the hip) To adhere the parts or pieces of something to each other. Don't worry about this old thing, I'll just glue it back together when I get home. Do you really think we can glue the pieces of Mom's vase together? 8. The last surviving dragons in the world were possessed by House Targaryen, who used them to conquer and unify 统一 the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros three hundred years before the War of the Five Kings. unify I. [transitive] to unite people or countries so that they will work together. They're trying to find a candidate who will unify all factions. a. [intransitive] to become united. If the party unifies, the bill might become law. II. [transitive] to make things work well together. The theory unifies two fundamental forces. unite
I. [intransitive] if people, groups, or countries unite, they join
together, often to work together to achieve a particular goal. Our community has united to demand a safer neighbourhood. unite behind: Party members will unite behind a stronger candidate. a. [transitive] to join people, groups, or countries together. We want to forge a policy that unites people, not divides them. unify (make something one 被动的, 强制的通过武力的联合成一个, 合成一体) VS unite (become one 主动的) 所以秦始皇武力统一中国, 统一度量衡用unify (Both rumination and worry are associated with anxiety and other negative emotional states; however, its measures have not been unified 衡量标准并没有统一起来.), 而美国和联合国用 united:
I think the difference is to best explained in their origins: unify
from unificare from uni + the root of facere 'make' or: one + make =
make somethings one. unite from unitus, PP of unire 'unite' from unus
'one' or: 'become one'. From these origins, unify is always the more passive: somethings are made one, unified, whereas unite is more active, we unite - ourselves or others. 'United 齐心协力 we stand, divided we fall.'
Whoever wrote that did not use unified, because 'we united' we were not
'unified' by some third party. But the difference is slight, and there
is overlap in the usage. 'He unified the country.' 'He united the
country' I can't see a difference here. 'We have our family arguments, but, in the face of threat from outside, we unite as one.'
I don't think unify would be appropriate here, because 'we' are active,
not passive. So: if you and others actively come together by your own
volition, unite. If you and others are brought together, through fair
means or foul, by a third party, unify. As a transitive verb, either
will do, I imagine. 另一个回答: Unify tends to be used with things. Unite tends to be used with people, although it can also be used with things. Unify is reductive: the unification of Germany turned two nations into one.
To unify is to simplify: if a company has a unified vision, it has a
clear mission, a clear, single idea of what its purpose is. To unite is to bring together different entities. They remain different entities but act together. When the workers of the world unite, there are just as many of them, but they form a larger group which is more powerful.
The United States of America includes fifty different states. They
belong together and (sometimes) act together, but they remain fifty
different states. A thing can be unified, but a person or a thing can't
be united. Several people or things can be united. A group of people or
things can be united. A person or a thing can be united with someone or
something else. But a person or a thing can't be united on its own.
Stock markets halted for unprecedented third time due to coronavirus scare: The morning after the Federal Reserve cut its interest rates to near zero at the urging of the president (a move meant to stabilize jittery 神经过敏的, 紧张的 markets worried about the economic fallout from the global response to the novel coronavirus pandemic), all of the indexes posted major losses. For the third time in the past two weeks, the Dow hit its emergency circuit breaker 熔断机制 as the market opened; the S&P also halted trades. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down nearly 10% at the open, falling by 2,250 points to 20,935. The Nasdaq was off by 6.12%, falling 7,392.73. The S&P 500 fell by 8.14%, or 220.55, to open at 2,490.47. The huge drop mirrored movements in international markets — which were all thrown into turmoil by the Fed's drastic rate cuts. Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index, Japan's Nikkei, London's FTSE and the Shanghai Exchange all saw losses for the day (London is still trading). The Monday morning sell-off 抛售 all but erased the "biggest stock market rise in history" touted by President Donald Trump on Friday after an announcement in the Rose Garden detailing the steps America's corporations were taking to halt the spread of the COVID-19 outbreak. That meeting was followed by a weekend full of pronouncements from cities and states across the U.S. urging Americans to self-quarantine and shuttering non-essential businesses like bars, restaurants and entertainment venues in an effort to enforce social distancing amid an ongoing rise in cases. Meanwhile, the government is beginning to roll out large scale testing for COVID-19 to finally determine exactly how widely the disease has spread. The latest number, tallied by Johns Hopkins, is nearly 170,000 cases globally, with nearly 3,800 in the U.S. The see-saw of the markets puts everything into unforeseen territory and not even the supposed digital safe haven 安全港湾 of bitcoin is immune. Prices of the digital currency fell to $4,644.53 compared to one month ago, when it was hovering around $10,000. This is the third time that so-called circuit breakers (trading curbs) 熔断机制 have tripped 触发 in the last few days. We had a Level 1 circuit breaker trip ( trip I. intransitive 绊了一下. 几乎绊倒. to hit your foot on something and fall down. If you trip when you are walking, you knock your foot against something and fall or nearly fall. The stairs are a little uneven, so be careful you don't trip. trip on/over 被绊倒: I tripped over a rock. He tripped up on a cable and broke his ankle. a. transitive to make someone hit their foot on something and fall down. If you trip someone who is walking or running, you put your foot or something else in front of them, so that they knock their own foot against it and fall or nearly fall. 故意伸腿去绊. 伸脚去绊. One guy stuck his foot out and tried to trip me. He made a sudden dive for Uncle Jim's legs to try to trip him up. He was tripped up by a passer-by. She stuck out her foot and tripped him as he passed. II. intransitive literary to move with quick light steps. If someone trips somewhere, they walk there with light, quick steps. A girl in a red smock tripped down 迈着轻快的脚步, 蹦蹦跳跳地 the hill. They tripped along with scarcely a care in the world. III. transitive to make a switch go on or off, especially by accident. When the switch is tripped 不小心碰到, the alarm goes off. IV. trip out American intransitive very informal to feel the effects of a powerful illegal drug. be tripping over each other 互相踩踏着抢, 争先恐后的, 争抢着 if people are tripping over each other in order to get or do something, they are all hurrying to get it or do it. People were tripping over each other to congratulate her. someone is tripping [on sth] used for saying that you think someone is crazy or is behaving in an unreasonable way. One night I was tripping on acid. She's tripping if she thinks she can buy an apartment in Manhattan. trip out intransitive Americanvery informal to start behaving in a silly or uncontrolled way, often because you are frightened or worried. That was the summer she tripped out and went to New Mexico. trip up I. to make a mistake, or to cause someone to make a mistake. The tests are designed to trip you up. trip up on: I tripped up on a couple of questions. II. I tripped up 摔倒, 绊倒 when I was running after the dog. roll/trip/slip off the tongue 好发音, 顺口, 顺嘴 to be easy to pronounce. It's not exactly a name that rolls off the tongue. a trip/walk down memory lane an occasion when people remember or talk about things that happened in the past. lay a guilt trip on someone to make someone feel guilty about something. If you say that someone is, for example, on a power trip, a guilt trip, or a nostalgia trip, you mean that their behaviour is motivated by power, guilt, or nostalgia. [informal, disapproval] There's such pressure to be happy in Hawaii, if you're unhappy you're on a guilt trip. The biggest star perk, and the biggest power trip, must be the private plane. trip noun. I. A trip is an experience that someone has when their mind is affected by a drug such as LSD. An anxious or depressed person can experience a really bad trip 吸毒经历, 吸毒体验. ) on March 9 and another one on March 12 as markets recoiled from growing concerns over the global outbreak of coronavirus. While markets have also had their up days — this past Friday the Dow surged more than 5% — the persistent expansion of restrictions 限制的 (restrictive measures 限制性措施) on consumers and travel continues to ripple through the markets. For a Level 1 pause to be triggered, the S&P 500 has to see a 7% drop from the previous trading day's close. A Level 2 stop is activated at a 13% drop and a Level 3 at 20%. Level 1 and 2 triggers shut down the market for a minimum of 15 minutes; a Level 3 circuit breaker suspends activity on the NYSE (and major U.S. exchanges) for the remainder of the trading day. These circuit breakers were put in place by the Securities and Exchange Commission, and have been standardized across major U.S. exchanges since 2012. Circuit breaker trips are more common on individual stocks (where similar rules apply), but market-wide trading halts are relatively rare. Three in just a matter of a bit more than a week is unprecedented in the history of the U.S. markets, barring ( unless the thing mentioned happens or exists. Barring any further delays, we should be able to start tomorrow. You use barring to indicate that the person, thing, or event that you are mentioning is an exception to your statement. Barring accidents, I believe they will succeed. bar verb I. often passive to officially say that something must not happen, or that someone must not do something or go somewhere. The new rule bars the export of live animals. bar someone from (doing) something: It was an old-fashioned club from which women were barred. He has been barred from running for political office for five years. II. to put something across a door or window so that no one can get through it. Bar the door and don't let anyone in. a. to prevent someone from going somewhere by standing in their way. Guards were everywhere, barring all exits. bar someone's way/path: There were three vicious-looking dogs 看上去很凶的, 看上去很恶的 barring our way 挡住路, 挡住去路. ) the exception of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, in which the New York Stock Exchange and other markets were closed for roughly a week.
