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punter n.下賭注的人。

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Financial markets assumed a life of their own , ignorant of the basic role they were supposed to perform , and were turned more into a playground for punters than a channel for financial intermediation . as a result , the price signals became highly distorted and the likely outcome , when there was a significant shock , was market meltdown and financial repression 在這情況下,金融市場便像有了自己的生命般不受控制,完全喪失了它們原來中介資金的基本功能,變成專供投機者下注的賭場,結果價格會變得嚴重扭曲,市場一下子遇到重大沖擊便會崩潰。

Many expect the new super - casino to go either to blackpool ( the clear favourite of punters on betfair , a betting exchange ) or to greenwich , a london borough which has a tenuous claim to being especially needy but is home to the embarrassingly underemployed millennium dome ( now known as the o2 ) 許多人認為,新的超級賭場不是花落不萊克浦(很顯然,它是“賭事”賽馬交易所賭徒的最愛) ,就會是倫敦格林威治自治區的盤中餐,盡管格林威治聲稱賭場是自己迫切需要,但這一點很令人懷疑,因為至今尚未投入營運的千年穹頂(現在人稱o2 )就在該區的地盤上,真是尷尬的很。

Some people may attribute the decline in turnover of horse race betting to economic downturn , shift of punters interest from horse race betting to football betting or even the poor management of hkjc rather than the competition from the illegal betting market 部份人士把賽馬博彩投注額下降的原因,歸咎于經濟逆轉投注者的興趣由賽馬博彩轉往足球博彩,甚或馬會管理不善,而不是由于非法投注市場的競爭。

For them , the temptation of quick money is even greater , for if their judgements about market reaction are sound , the downside risks of the financial markets working against them are minimised . as the local punters say , the door to losses has been safely sealed 試想若他們預早作好投資部署,市場反應又果如他們所料,他們受不利市況影響的機會可以大減套句本地投機者的話,就像封了蝕本門一樣。

“ we are as shocked as everyone else , if rather more relieved than most as we were preparing to pay out over 50 , 000 pounds to punters who had backed the couple to wed , “ said william hill spokesman rupert adams 威廉希爾博彩公司的發言人魯波特亞當姆斯說: “我們和其他人一樣震驚。但值得慶幸的是,我們不需要向那些賭他們會結婚的人支付5萬英鎊了。 ”

V the licensee shall be required to display notices to remind punters of the seriousness of the problem caused by excessive gambling and provide information on services available for problem and pathological gamblers 戊持牌人必須在其投注場所展示告示,提醒投注人士沉迷賭博后果嚴重,以及介紹為問題賭徒及病態賭徒而設的服務。

Fixed - odds betting terminals are slot - machine - style devices that allow punters to bet on roulette and other numbers - based games for small stakes . they pay out at predetermined or “ fixed “ odds 固定賠率投注終端機是吃角子老虎機式的裝置,賭客可以在輪盤或其他數字游戲機上下小額賭注。這些裝置會按預定或“固定”賠率支付贏家。

The sell - off could be exacerbated as mutual funds dump their holdings to meet redemption demands from punters who treat them more like speculative stocks than long - term investments 如果共同基金賣出所持股份來滿足投資者的贖回需求,拋售很可能還會加劇。在這些投資者眼中,共同基金更像是投機性股票,而不是長期投資。

With regulators failing to enforce disclosure rules , and with cautious big investors overtaken by the herd of small punters , volatility was to be expected 因為市場監控者無力有效地執行公司披露原則以及謹慎的大投資者不斷地被一大群中小投資者擠出市場,對資本的揮發(就是資本的貶值,本人注)的預期進一步加強。

But at the palace , a floating casino in an ideal spot near the ferry from hong kong , the carpet is worn , the grimy dining room is empty and on the gambling floors upstairs there is not a single punter 但是在王宮,一個移動賭場位于澳港渡口理想位置,地毯磨損、污穢的飯廳空蕩蕩,樓上的地板上沒有空無一人。

Last week , the shanghai stock market reached new highs , london house prices shrugged off higher interest rates and a new hedge fund invited punters to take positions in the art market 上周,上海股市屢創新高,倫敦房價對利率的上升不屑一顧,一家新的對沖基金邀請玩家在藝術品市場建倉。

Sha tin racecourse has the largest colour - tv screen in the world . it attracts hundreds and thousands of punters on every wednesdays , saturdays and sundays 沙田馬場設有全世界最大彩色電視大屏幕,吸引不少馬迷每逢周三、周六或周日的賽馬日入場觀賞賽事,是馬迷消閑的好去處。

Scores of punters turned up at the national stadium clutching their tickets after local television and radio said they should be there on time to find out the winning numbers 許多彩民手握彩票來到國家體育館,因為當地電視臺和廣播說他們在那里可以及時查詢到中獎號碼。

Would - be share punters , keen for a piece of china ' s booming stockmarket , are queuing to open accounts at a beijing branch of china merchants securities 渴望從中國繁榮的證券市場分一杯羹的未來股民們正在中國招商證券有限公司位于北京的一個營業點排隊開設賬戶。

Would - be share punters , keen for a piece of china ' s booming stock market , are queuing to open accounts at a beijing branch of china merchants securities 一群想投機股市的人在中國證券交易所北京的一家營業廳里排隊等待開戶,他們迫切想從繁榮的股市中分一杯羹。

Since then , its shares have dropped in value by a third and petrochina has become shorthand for a sucker ' s trade among angry chinese punters 但從那時起,其股價已經下降了三分之一,在中國憤怒的下注股民中,中石油已經成為輸家的代名詞了。

Such a description of a source is generally a euphemism for a club milkman , or a punter in an sw6 pub 如此描述極像出自俱樂部送奶工人或者酒飯里的服務員之口。

“ helena , juggle , helena , sell the popcorn , helena , smile for the punters . “海倫娜,演雜耍,賣爆米花海倫娜,笑?個給船夫看”

Your average punter ( ie the ordinary uncultured person ) does not go to the opera 一般沒什麼文化的人是不會去看歌劇的