网站学习资料国外（外媒学习笔记2）
网站学习资料国外（外媒学习笔记2）That eerie prospect threatened to become a nightmarish reality last week for Solend Solana’s second-biggest decentralized finance (DeFi) outpost.eerie：可怕的、怪异的（so mysterious strange or unexpected ）nightmarish：nightmare的形容词，噩梦似的、不愉快的（very frightening or unpleasant）outpost：前哨（a small military camp or position at some distance from the main force used especially as a guard against surprise attack）
margin call：追加保证金通知（A margin call occurs when the value of an investor’s margin account falls below the broker’s required amount. ）
What happens when there’s a multimillion-dollar margin call and no one picks up the phone?
eerie：可怕的、怪异的（so mysterious strange or unexpected ）
nightmarish：nightmare的形容词，噩梦似的、不愉快的（very frightening or unpleasant）
outpost：前哨（a small military camp or position at some distance from the main force used especially as a guard against surprise attack）
That eerie prospect threatened to become a nightmarish reality last week for Solend Solana’s second-biggest decentralized finance (DeFi) outpost.
on the verge of：濒临于/接近于（at the point when (something) is about to happen or is very likely to happen）
borrow against：借贷（to borrow money and agree to give valuable property to the organization who has lent it to you if you fail to pay it back）
MIA：在战斗中失踪（Missing In Action）。注：个人觉得在以下例句中应该这个意思，没有查到其他相关解释。如有误，欢迎指正。
A wallet with $107 million in USDC borrowed against $170 million in SOL collateral – was on the verge of liquidation and completely MIA.
pony up：支付（to pay (money) especially in settlement of an account）
ward off：防止、避开（to avoid being hit by (something)）
The whale account needed to either pony up more collateral or reduce its position to ward off a catastrophic on-chain liquidation.
soak up：吸收、汲取（ to take in (liquid) : absorb; to learn and remember (something) quickly）
DEXs don’t have enough liquidity to soak up the whale’s dump.
snafu：n&adj ，天翻地覆、混乱（a confused or chaotic state; a mess.）
lay out：列出、安排（arrange display）
Bankers in traditional finance can address a comparable snafu with a “margin call” to clients whereby they lay out the stakes and explain the need for more collateral to secure a loan.
rate hike：加息、利率上调
that sort of thing：诸如此类、等等（used at the end of a list of similar things or details for showing that it is not complete）
Their token holders get to vote on new listings rate hikes partnerships that sort of thing.
quorum：法定人数（the minimum number of members of an assembly or society that must be present at any of its meetings to make the proceedings of that meeting valid）
flop：扑通坐下、猛然倒下（fall move or hang in a heavy loose and ungainly way）
in the affirmative：肯定、赞成（an expression (as the word yes) of affirmation or assent）
Without its participation SLND1 would have failed to reach quorum and flopped on the technical. It only passed in the affirmative because it voted in the affirmative.
ballout：n投票、选票（the number of votes cast；the action or system of secret voting）
fret over：感到忧虑、担心（to feel anxious or concerned about someone or something）
turnout：道岔、产量、人数（a turn in a road; the number of people attending or taking part in an event especially the number of people voting in an election; net quantity of produce yielded）
Rooter said Solend’s team asked the ballot whale to vote after fretting over SLND1 low turnout.
hem and haw：支支吾吾、犹豫（be hesitant and indecisive; to speak in an evasive vague roundabout way in order to avoid responding to a question or making a definite statement. ）
appease：平息、安抚、缓解（to make concessions to (someone such as an aggressor or a critic) often at the sacrifice of principles）
appeasement ：绥靖主义
tech hiccup：技术故障
After a lot of hemming and hawing – the whale didn’t want to act just to appease “Crypto Twitter’s armchair experts ” Rooter said – as well as tech hiccups the ballot whale voted yes with 14 seconds to spare.
outreach: 扩大服务范围、延伸、拓广（an effort to bring services or information to people where they live or spend time; the process of an organization building relationships with people in order to advise them for example about health or financial problems）
By this point Rooter’s parallel outreach effort had finally yielded fruit
talent retention：留住人才、保留人才
The company faces a difficult choice between shareholder dilution and significant reductions in “effective employee compensation ” which may have a negative impact on talent retention.
formidable：可怕的 令人畏惧的（causing you to have fear or respect for something or someone because that thing or person is large powerful or difficult）
a formidable obstacle/task
filibuster：阻挠议事的议员、会议妨碍行为（a long speech that someone makes in order to delay or prevent a new law being made）
He started a filibuster to stop the drafting of young men into military service
Much less there is no sign of its commanding a 60-vote majority to carry it over the formidable filibuster hurdle.
go off the rails：出轨、失控（to start behaving in a way that is not generally acceptable especially dishonestly or illegally）
Especially regulatory structures that have gone off the rails even before the train has left the legislative station.
