一、Trump saved by own officials over obstruction question
- obstruction 这里指obstruction of justice,即“妨碍司法公正”
- hotbed （坏事、暴力等的）温床
- dysfunction 功能紊乱；机能障碍；官能不良
Mr Mueller did not assess whether Mr Trump had obstructed justice, partly due to justice department guidelines that prevent the indictment of a sitting president.
- indictment 控告；起诉
According to the person close to the White House, the relationship with Mr McGahn deteriorated to the point that Mr Trump worried that he was wearing a wire.
- wear a wire （借助随身设备）监听，即“to secretly record a conversation with another person by wearing a line with a microphone connected to a handheld recorder hidden somewhere on your body”
二、Gucci turns to call centres to lure high-spending millennial shoppers
Call centre staff are encouraged to strike up personal relationships online with high-spending callers, just as the traditional shop assistant would.
- strike up 开始 (谈话); 建立 (友谊)
Mr Bizzarri said it is a place where he and his team can “explore the best ways to optimise the remote client experience” that is important for driving sales particularly among fickle, smartphone-addicted millennial shoppers who account for more than half of Gucci’s revenues.
- fickle 反复无常的
- millennial 一千年的；千禧年的
三、Nomura chief Koji Nagai warns of severe job cuts in London
- Nomura n. 野村证券；野村（日本企业）
- headcount 总人数；统计出的人数
- brokerage 经纪业务（ 经纪公司；经纪行）
- wrestle with 奋力对付；努力处理；全力解决
People familiar with the situation in Tokyo and London said separately that about 350 jobs could be slashed globally in the first phase of the multiyear cost-cutting programme, with most of those happening at Nomura’s flagship operation in the UK, which has about 2,000 staff.
- slash 大幅度削减
- flagship （某组织机构的）最重要产品，最佳服务项目，王牌；旗舰店
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