<p class="ql-block">2月27日，周一。據(jù)《澳大利亞財(cái)經(jīng)評(píng)論》報(bào)道，全球能源緊縮導(dǎo)致煤炭價(jià)格飆升至創(chuàng)紀(jì)錄水平后，Stanmore Coal 煤炭公司今天公布其年度利潤大增，超過數(shù)倍。</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">Stanmore Coal reported a hundredfold jump in annual profits on Monday after the global energy crunch exacerbated by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine sent coal prices soaring to record levels.</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">這一期共有3個(gè)語言點(diǎn)，值得關(guān)注和討論。</p><ul class="ql-block"><li>global energy crunch</li><li>exacerbate </li><li>surge in revenue</li></ul><p class="ql-block"><br></p> <p class="ql-block">鑒于地域沖突加劇，全球能源緊縮導(dǎo)致煤炭價(jià)格飆升至創(chuàng)紀(jì)錄水平后，Stanmore Coal 周一公布年度利潤增長數(shù)倍。</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">Stanmore 表示，截至 12 月 31 日止年度的凈利潤總計(jì) 7.27 億美元（10.8 億澳元），而該礦業(yè)公司一年前報(bào)告的凈利潤僅為 700 萬美元。</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">收入激增推動(dòng)了利潤的增長。 Stanmore 表示，全年息稅前利潤總計(jì) 14.6 億美元，遠(yuǎn)高于一年前公布的 3400 萬美元。</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">Stanmore Coal reported a hundredfold jump in annual profits on Monday after the global energy crunch exacerbated by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine sent coal prices soaring to record levels.</p><p class="ql-block">Stanmore said net profits for the year ended December 31 totalled $US727 million ($1.08 billion), up from just $US7 million reported by the mining company a year earlier.</p><p class="ql-block">The jump in profits was fuelled by a surge in revenues. Stanmore said earnings before interest and tax for the year totalled $US1.46 billion, well ahead of the $US34 million it reported one year ago.</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">global energy crunch</p><p class="ql-block">全球能源緊縮</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">exacerbate</p><p class="ql-block">使惡化、使嚴(yán)重</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">surge in revenue</p><p class="ql-block">利潤的增長</p> <p class="ql-block">Stanmore 一年的股價(jià)走勢圖</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">2022年2月22日 0.80 澳元/股</p><p class="ql-block">2023年2月27日 3.56 澳元/股</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p> <p class="ql-block">《劍橋詞典》對(duì)exacerbate的釋義為to make something that is already bad even worse, 讓已經(jīng)很糟糕的事情變得更糟。</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">This attack will exacerbate the already tense relations between the two communities.</p><p class="ql-block">這次襲擊將加劇兩個(gè)社區(qū)之間本已緊張的關(guān)系。</p>