Sledgehammer

    猛烈的

    英国央行副行长布罗德本特表示，英国脱欧已对英国经济造成较大影响。请看本报昨日的报道：

    The Bank of England's top two monetary policymakers said interest rates may need to fall further, as surveys Friday sustained their view that even a "sledgehammer" stimulus will not be enough to fully counter a post-Brexit vote slowdown.

    Ben Broadbent, the BoE's deputy governor for monetary policy, told Reuters he would support reducing interest rates again, while his boss Mark Carney repeated that rates could fall further if needed.

    报道中的sledgehammer就是“猛烈的、大力的，”这个词原义是“长柄大锤”，也可作动词“用大锤猛击”。例如：

    Two words, leukemia and transplant, combined in a sledgehammer punch to his gut.

    白血病和移植这两个词犹如一把重锤给了他狠狠一击。