mayfair,英语单词,主要用作
名词,作名词时译为“伦敦的上流住宅区;伦敦的社交界;伦敦的上流社会”。
In London many small hedge funds cluster in Mayfair, far west of the City and Canary Wharf where the big Banks camp out.在伦敦很多小的对冲基金在西部偏远的Mayfair聚集,而那些大银行在坐落在Canary Wharf。
Even if all the tax they pay is VAT on expensive meals in London restaurants or stamp duty on flats in Mayfair, it is still additional income for Mr Brown.即使他们纳的税全是伦敦餐厅大餐的增值税或住在梅菲尔(译者注:伦敦上流住宅区)的公寓所上交的印花税,仍是布朗的额外收入。
Whether in the New York area, or London's Mayfair, it is hard to miss the stamp of the hedge-fund manager, or “hedgies” as they like to be known in the trade.无论是在纽约地区还是在伦敦的Mayfair,你很难错过对冲基金经理或者树篱们的痕迹,树篱是他们乐意的在交易中的称呼。