热词手帐（No. 1442）
我们从英国《金融时报》近期热点报道中挑选值得记忆的高频单词和短语，配合释义与新闻原文例句，帮助你轻松掌握地道实用的英文表达，在不断积累中感受英语能力的进步与提高。
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incongruous
/ɪnˈkɒŋɡruəs/
adj. 不合适的；不相称的；不协调的
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The Ukraine war has revived the threat of conventional conflicts for developed nations. That has boosted the defence sector, in which Airbus participates. But the interest the Toulouse-based group is reportedly taking in the cyber security and big data arm of Atos is incongruous. Cyber warfare is a different activity to the physical sort.
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implosion
/ɪmˈpləʊʒn/
n. 向心聚爆；内爆；向内坍塌；
突然崩溃
Sam Bankman-Fried has pleaded not guilty to US criminal charges over the dramatic implosion of FTX, the crypto exchange he founded.
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hurdle rate
/ˈhɜːdl/
最低预期回报率，
目标率〔指投资者决定投资所要求的回报率〕
Its $4bn investment will be combined with $1bn in shares Blackstone already owns in Breit and moved into a separate fund that carries a performance fee above an 11.25 per cent hurdlerate.