banks

基本解释

After the end of the Bank of the United States, there was little control of any kind over the state banks.
I'm not talking about investment banks in this lecture -I'm talking about commercial banks, which accept deposits from depositors.
这节课不讲投资银行,只讲商业银行,商业银行从储户那里吸收存款
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Instead of having a central bank we decided that there would be a list of banks called the National Banks.
与拥有一个中央银行不同的是,我们决定将很多银行归到,国家银行的行列中。
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A bank is an institution where people or businesses can keep their money.
A bank is a building where a bank offers its services.
If you bank with a particular bank, you have an account with that bank.
a small container used at home for keeping money
the funds held by a gaming house or a banker or dealer in some gambling games
You use bank to refer to a store of something. For example, a blood bank is a store of blood that is kept ready for use.
The banks of a river, canal, or lake are the raised areas of ground along its edge.
A bank of ground is a raised area of it with a flat top and one or two sloping sides.
A bank of something is a long high mass of it.
A bank of things, especially machines, switches, or dials, is a row of them, or a series of rows.
When an aircraft banks, one of its wings rises higher than the other, usually when it is changing direction.
to cover (a fire) with ashes, fresh fuel, etc, so that it will burn slowly