单词base-rate
na.: 〈英〉基本利率
网络: 基本比率；基础率
基本利率（英国各银行使用的贷款利率，由中央银行规定）:
a rate of interest, set by a central bank, that banks in Britain use when calculating the amount of interest that they charge on money they lend
基本利率
Pressure is piled on the Bank of England, which responds with a rapid succession of interest rate cuts, lowering the base rate to just 2%.
英国银行被压力充斥着，据报道银行利率快速衰退，基准利率降至2%
Already, one member of the bank"s nine-strong monetary policy committee has been voting for a quarter-point rise in the base rate.
先前，银行九个资深货币政策委员中的一名成员投票赞成基准利率上升四分之一个百分点。
A year ago rates were still unusually low: the Bank of England"s base rate was 4. 5%.
直到一年前，利率依然异常之低：当时英格兰银行的基本利率为4.
e. g. the interest which a bank charges on loans is at a rate which is usually higher than its base rate.
银行收取的的货款利率通常高于其基础利率。
The Bank of England is expected to push the base rate back up to 4. 75% later this year.
英格兰银行准备在今年晚些时候将基础利率重新调回4.
It seems to be rather high: one per cent over Wallers base rate.
利息看来太高了，要比沃勒基本利率高一个百分点。
The 1. 5 percentage point cut in the Bank of England base rate was passed on by a number of banks, but the process was hardly smooth.
英国央行（BOE）将基准利率下调1.5个百分点后，许多银行随之效仿，但过程算不上顺畅。
Once the base rate gets close to zero, that approach no longer works, however chilly the economic outlook.
一旦基准利率接近0，无论经济前景多么悲观，这个方法都不再奏效了。
The Bank of England hauled down the base rate from 5% in early October to 0. 5% in March, smashing historical records.
英国银行将基准利率由去年十月初的5%的调低至今年3月的0.5%，打破历史记录。
Avoid the airport convenience fee (up to 10 percent of the base rate) and rent from a location just outside the airport or near your hotel.
避免机场便利费（高达百分之十的基准利率）以及机场外或者您酒店附近的租金。