今天我们要学的词是weather。
Weather, 在名词里是天气的意思，也可以指坏天气，作为动词，就引伸为经受和渡过难关。
“Australian banks are weathering the turmoil in global credit markets relatively well,”
澳大利亚的银行面对全球信贷市场动荡表现得相对不错。
最新研究发现，
“Incomes have fallen for the poor and have stagnated for middle-class families since the late 1990s, making it tougher for them to weather the economic downturn,” 九十年代末以来，美国穷人家庭收入下降，中产家庭的收入原地踏步，使他们更难渡过经济下滑的时期。
