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WBR: World Bank penalises Uganda 28 Feb 14

Fri, 28 Feb 14

The World Bank announces it's suspending $90mn worth of aid for Uganda because of the country's tough new anti-homosexual law. Jonathan Glennie of the Overseas Development Institute calls it hypocrisy1. We'll have the latest from Ukraine, where - to add to the citizens' woes2 - the economy is in a parlous3 state. Yogita Limaye reports from India, where today's GDP figures show that growth is slowing. Professor Peter Morici in Washington and the Wall Street Journal's Katie Martin in London discuss blows to Bitcoin and Ukrainian economics.


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1 hypocrisy g4qyt     
n.伪善，虚伪
参考例句：
  • He railed against hypocrisy and greed.他痛斥伪善和贪婪的行为。
  • He accused newspapers of hypocrisy in their treatment of the story.他指责了报纸在报道该新闻时的虚伪。
2 woes 887656d87afcd3df018215107a0daaab     
困境( woe的名词复数 )； 悲伤； 我好苦哇； 某人就要倒霉
参考例句：
  • Thanks for listening to my woes. 谢谢您听我诉说不幸的遭遇。
  • She has cried the blues about its financial woes. 对于经济的困难她叫苦不迭。
3 parlous Q4lzU     
adj.危险的，不确定的，难对付的
参考例句：
  • They had a parlous journey on stormy seas.他们在风暴海洋上进行了一次危险的旅行。
  • English tennis is in a parlous condition.英国网球运动不堪设想。

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