2008年9月,一场由美国次级住房贷款(sub-pri me mortgage crisis)引发的金融危机席卷全球,并逐渐演变成百年一遇的经济危机。经济危机导致银行破产、公司裁员、股市下滑,正引起全球关注和忧虑。最近各种英语报刊上描述目前经济状况的用词越来越丰富,其基本含义都是“经济危机” In September 2008, a financial crisis triggered by the sub-prime mortgage crisis swept the world and gradually evolved into a once-in-a-century economic crisis. Economic crisis led to bankruptcy, layoffs, the stock market decline, is causing global concern and anxiety. In recent years various English newspapers and periodicals have used more and more rich terms to describe the current economic conditions. Their basic meanings are “economic crisis”