If you invested your money in the BRICs early, took your profits and got out of the PIGS in time you may now be wondering whether to put your money into MINTs or keep it in the HIDeCs. ?We’re not about to offer you investment advice, but we do get asked what all of these mean so here goes…
如果你早先在金磚國(guó)家投資過(guò)，帶著你的盈利及時(shí)離開(kāi)歐豬四國(guó)。也許你在想是否要把你的錢投入薄荷四國(guó)或把它留在高負(fù)債發(fā)達(dá)國(guó)家。我們不打算給你提供投資建議，但的確被問(wèn)起這些都代表著什么，所以在這里進(jìn)行解釋……
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BRIC(S): Brazil, Russia, India and China (South Africa). ?Countries which were tipped for high growth 10 years ago.
金磚四國(guó)：巴西、俄羅斯、印度和中國(guó)（南非），在過(guò)十年前獲得了顛覆性的高增長(zhǎng)。
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PIGS (or PIIGS): Portugal, Italy (Ireland), Greece and Spain. ?A group of countries at the edges of ?the Euro zone.
歐豬四國(guó)：葡萄牙、意大利（愛(ài)爾蘭）、希臘和西班牙，那些在歐元區(qū)邊緣的國(guó)家。
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MINTs: Mexico, Indonesia, Nigeria and Turkey. ?The economies tipped to provide great growth over the next 10 years.“MINTs are fresh, unlike BRICs”.
薄荷四國(guó)：墨西哥、印度尼西亞、尼日利亞和土耳其，在未來(lái)十年經(jīng)濟(jì)將有巨大增長(zhǎng)。比起金磚四國(guó)，薄荷四國(guó)更有活力。
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HIDeCs: Highly Indebted Developed Countries. ?Odds are you live in one of these. Not to be confused with…
高負(fù)債發(fā)達(dá)國(guó)家：很可能你就身處其中之一，不要為之困惑。
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HIPCs: Highly Indebted Poor Countries. ?A group of countries eligible for special assistance.
負(fù)債沉重的窮國(guó)：那些有資格獲得特別援助的國(guó)家。
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What will the next acronym be and what does this mean for businesses in the UK? ?As the UK can be known by any of the three initials BUG (Britain, United Kingdom, Great Britain), we’re more likely to appear in the next acronym than a country less useful for spelling.
下一個(gè)首字母縮略詞將是什么？對(duì)英國(guó)商業(yè)有何意義？正如英國(guó)可以表示為BUG（英國(guó)、聯(lián)合王國(guó)和大不列顛）中的任何一個(gè)，我們更可能出現(xiàn)在下一個(gè)首字母縮寫(xiě)詞中而不是一個(gè)對(duì)拼寫(xiě)不太有用的國(guó)家中。