bank rate noun the rate of interest charged by a bank for lending money, which is fixed by a central bank in a country银行利率；银行贴现率 bank-roll /'baerjkraul; NAmE-roul/ verb, noun m verb [VN] {informal, especially NAm£) to support sb/sth by giving money 资途；提供备金给 am finance： They claimed his campaign had been bankrolled with drug money.他们声称他的竞选活动是由贩毒资金支持的。

■                   noun (e5pec/fl//y   a supply of money 资金：He is the candidate with the biggest campaign bankroll. jt!i M 竞选资金最雄厚的候选人。

bank-rupt /'baeijkrApt/ adj., noun, verb m adj. 1 without enough money to pay what you owe 破产；倒闭 HEl insolvent: They went bankrupt in 2993.他们于 1993_ 年破产。◊ 77ie company was declared bankrupt in the High Court•那家公司—高等 法院宣告破产。2~(of sth) (/brmfl/，d/sopprav/ng) completely lacking in anything that has value 完全 fcjlt 乏（有价值的东西）：a government bankrupt: 〇/new ideas完i缺主新观念的政府◊ a society that is moraZfy bankrupt道德&接如社4

■                  noun {law #) a person who has been judged by a court to be unable to pay his or her debts (经法院^决的）

破产者

■                  verl? [VN] to make sb bankrupt 使破产：The company was aimost bankrupted by ZegaZ costs•这家公司为律师為

用所累几乎破产。

bank-rupt-cy /'baeqkrAptsi/ noun [U, C] (pi. -ies) the state of being bankiupt 破卜 HTl insolvency ： The company filed for bankruptcy (= asked to be officially bankrupt) in 2003.这家公司于2003年提交了破产申请。

◊                   moraKpoHticaZ bankruptcy道德的沦丧；政治的破产

◊                   There could be further bankruptcies among small /armers.小农场主中可能还会有人破

bank statement (also state-ment) noun a printed record of all the money paid into and out of a cus­tomer’s bank account within a particular period 银行结 单（某时期内#户存取款项的清单） ban-ner /'baen0(r)/ noun a long piece of cloth with a message on it that is carried between two poles or hung in a public place to show support for stli 横幅： Protesters carried a banner reading 'Save our Wildlife\ 抗议者打着“救救我们的野生生物”字样的横幅。 banner ad noun an advertisement across the top or bottom or down the side of a page on the Internet ( S 联网上的）通栏广告，横幅广告；网幅广告 banner 'headline noun a line of words printed in large letters across the front page of a newspaper (报 纸头版的）通栏大标题

banner 'year noun (NAm^) a year in which sth is espe- cially successful 辉煌的一年 bannister = banister

banns /baenz/ noun [pi.] a public statement in church that two people intend to marry each other (教堂里

的）结婚预告

ban-offi pie (also ba,n-offee 'pie) /ba.nnfi 'pai; NAmE ba.noifi; -,na:f-/ noun a sweet food made with toffee, bananas, and cream香蕉太妃派（用乳脂糖、香蕉和奶

油制成）

ban-quet /'baeqkwit/ noun 1 a formal meal for a large number of people, usually for a special occasion, at which speeches are often made 宴备；盛宴：a state banquet in honour of the visiting President .办的国宴 2 a large impressive meal 筵席 ban-quet-ing /'baerjkwitiq/ adj. connected with ban- quets 宴会的：a banqueting, hall 蓽会庁. ban-quette /baerj'ket/ noun a long soft seat along a wall in a restaurant, etc.(饭馆等处沿墙的）长软座， 长沙发

ban-shee /baen'Xi：； 'baenji:/ noun (in Irish stories) a female spirit who gives a long sad cry as a warning to people that sb in their family is going to die soon 猜女 (爱尔兰传说中预报死讯的女妖） ban.tam /’baentam/ nown a type of small chicken 矮脚鸡 ban-tam-weight /'baBntamweit/ noun a boxer weigh­ing between 51 and 53.5 kilograms, or a wrestler who weighs between 52 and 57 kilograms, heavier