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bear[beə(r)]

解释

1、n. A heavy wild animal with thick fur and sharp claw

2、v. to be able to accept and deal with sth unpleasant/to not be suitable for sth/to take responsibility for sth/to have a feeling, especially a negative feeling/……

词源:相传在十七世纪，英国有这么一句话“to sell the bear skin before one has caught the bear”,“在抓到熊之前就先卖掉熊皮”，形容不切实际、不明智的行为。后来人们用bear一词来指代投机者预期股价会跌，他们便可以用较低的价格买回股票，等到股票价格上涨的时候卖出去以赚取差价。从此，bear便成为“股市上行情下跌”的术语

bear熊有大肚子，进一步有生孩子–携带–承受之意。