银行的基本功能与业务(词汇详解)

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　　1.Banks were developed to keep people’s money safe and to make it available when they needed it.开办银行是为了稳妥地保管人们的钱财，使他们在需要时能随时提取。
　　(1)此句中的动词不定式短语to keep people’s money safe和to make it available作目的状语。
) ^* R3 c3 v9 x, {$ E　　(2)to keep people’s money safe:使人们的钱财安全
. A" P5 S: Q- O1 t/ `  H　　keep:to cause to continue in a state, condition, or course of action:维持：使…保持某一状态、情况或过程的动作
3 |1 J& u0 {3 K/ D- N　　例如:attempt to keep the patient calm.
$ a- i7 D$ W! l- ~% P) u　　试图使病人镇静
8 D, V. j* q* Y' }% Q, ?# K0 N　　(3) to make it available:使存款随时可取
, ]% T0 r% ^$ n! P  e9 x　　①make:to cause to act in a specified manner:造成，导致：以特定的方式引起行动
2 b: [' j6 k' P7 i" x0 ]　　例如:Heat makes gases expand.
　　热使得气体膨胀
1 l3 r- v" A$ s　　②it代表money
. c: t/ v, m1 B& t( X　　③available:adj.present and ready for use; at hand; accessible:现实可用的；可获得的
　　2.It isn’t convenient for him to send money through the mail, so he goes to the bank and opens a checking account.通过邮局汇款使他感到不方便，因此，他到银行开了一个支票账户。
　　此句中的it为形式主语, 真正的主语是for him to send money…。
$ Q, R/ u; n! x# w+ H5 z　　3.This check is as good as money to the owner of the company. 这张支票对公司的老板来说就跟真正的货币一样。
　　①good money:真的货币
　　②as good as:与……几乎一样; 实际上等于
　　4.It’s hard to imagine that people could do business without the services of a bank.很难想象出人们在没有银行服务的情况下做生意的情形。
　　①此句中的it是形式主语, 真正的主语是to imagine that…。
　　②连词that引导宾语从句