每日一词学英语(118): weather

最新一项研究的数据表明，英国的经济衰退已经结束。(From Times Online, August 24, 2009: UK recession is 'over' as confidence grows)

主持这项研究的负责人Michael Izza说，定量宽松、央行降息及政府削减增值税等政策帮助企业平安度过金融风暴。Policies such as quantitative easing and interest rate cuts by the Bank of England and the drop in VAT had helped businesses to weather the financial storm, he said.

weather: (verb, VN) to come safely through a difficult period or experience
×The company just managed to weather the recession.
×She refuses to resign, intending to weather the storm (= wait until the situation improves again).

注：“VN”的意思是及物动词。本博客词汇释义如无说明，一般都取自《Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary》网络版。