Banks

The banks have had precious little to celebrate recently.

银行最近没几件值得庆贺的事。

The banks have the power to pull the plug on the project.

银行有能力让该工程终止。

Some banks charge if you access your account to determine your balance.

有些银行对查询账户余额要收费。

Successfully merging two banks requires a fast and ruthless attack on costs.

成功合并两家银行需要坚决快速地着手解决费用问题。

Banks spent his national service in the Royal Navy.

班克斯在皇家海军服过兵役。

Since deregulation, banks are permitted to set their own interest rates.

管制撤销之后，银行可以自行设定利率。

Banks have brought trouble on themselves by lending rashly.

银行滥放贷款给自己惹来了麻烦。

This means smaller banks can cream off big profits during lending booms.

这意味着在贷款业务剧增时小银行能够获得大笔利润。

Most people here cannot borrow from banks because they lack collateral.

由于拿不出东西作为抵押，这里大部分人无法从银行贷款。

The banks are now desperately scrabbling to recover their costs.

那些银行正在拼命急于收回成本。

There is a big difference in the amounts that banks charge.

银行的收费在数额上有很大的不同。

Banks are built to look solid to reassure their customers.

银行往往建得看上去很坚固，好让顾客放心。

Cash alone will not make Eastern Europe's banks viable.

仅靠现金不能使东欧的银行维持下去。

Banks had increased scope to develop new financial products.

银行已为开发新的金融产品留出了更大余地。

Many streams have flooded their banks, making some roads impassable.

许多小河的水已经漫过堤岸，造成一些道路不能通行。