backstop
backstop 英 ['bækstɒp] 美 ['bæk,stɑp]
n. 挡球网；捕手；支撑物
名词复数:backstops
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- n. 挡球网；捕手；支撑物
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1. Panic only subsided when the government stepped in to backstop the industry.
恐慌只有在政府介入担保整个行业时才能平息。
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2. And last week he unveiled a plan to backstop consumer debt.
上周他又推出了一个支持消费者债务的计划。
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3. As part of the plan, the government would insure new preferred debt issued by banks and backstop all non-interest paying deposits, the paper said on its Website.
该报在其网站报导,作为上述计划的一部分,美国政府将为银行新发行的优先债券提供担保,并支持其所有无息存款.
- backstop (n.) 1819, "something at the back as a barrier;" see back (adj.) + stop (n.). In U.S. baseball, from 1889, "fence a short distance behind the catcher;" figurative extension to "catcher on a baseball team" is from 1890. The verb is attested from 1956 in the sense of "support." Related: Backstopped; backstopping.
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