单词 | Chinese wall |
释义 | Chinese wall Chinese wall (also firewall) noun [C, usually sing.]
1 something that makes it difficult or impossible to do sth, especially for people to communicate with each other: He was accused of erecting a Chinese wall between shareholders and the board.
❖ to create/erect/raise a Chinese wall
2 (Stock Exchange ) a set of strict rules that prevent one department of a stock exchange business passing secret information to another department that could result in the information being used illegally in order to gain money: Wall Street insists that a Chinese Wall separates its research and its investment banking activities. ⇨ INSIDER TRADING
❖ to create/erect/raise a Chinese wall |
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