硬通货

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柯林斯 COBUILD 高阶英汉双解学习词典（第 8 版）

coveted /ˈkʌvɪtɪd/
ADJ [usu ADJ n]
You use coveted to describe something that very many people would like to have.
» …one of sport’s most coveted trophies. 体育界最令人垂涎的一个奖杯
» …a supply of highly coveted hard currency. 大受追捧的强势货币的供应
hard currency
A hard currency is one which is unlikely to lose its value and so is considered to be a good one to have or to invest in. 硬通货（指价值稳定的货币）
» The government is running short of hard currency to pay for imports. 政府目前缺少可以支付进口产品的硬通货。
halfway
» You need hard currency to get anything halfway decent… 你得有硬通货才能买到还算不错的东西。
surge
» Surging imports will add to the demand for hard currency. 进口激增将增加对硬通货的需求。

出现了 5 处 hard currency ，4 处都是“硬通货”，唯有 coveted 条译为“强势货币”。

柯林斯 COBUILD 高阶英汉双解学习词典（2011 年版）

hard currency
硬通货，强势货币（指价值稳定的货币）

第 8 版删除了“，强势货币”，但是 coveted 条汉译中的“强势货币”未改为硬通货。

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Currency Wars
The Making of the Next Global Crises

By: James Rickards
Narrated by: Walter Dixon
Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 12-07-11
Language: English
Publisher: Gildan Media, LLC

话说 crisis（复数 crises ）、critical 和 cry 都是 cr 开头，然后 ISIS。。。

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