Chinese chipmaker Fujian Jinhua Integrated Circuit Co. was cleared Tuesday of U.S. allegations that it stole trade secrets. U.S. District Judge Maxine Chesney in San Francisco found the company not guilty after a non-jury trial, according to an entry in the U.S. online court records system. 报道中的non-jury trial就是“无陪审团审判”。

China’s securities regulator said Friday it would mete out increasingly tough penalties on fraudulent listings, accounting scams and misappropriation of funds by big shareholders, as part of a crackdown to boost confidence in the stock market. 报道中的mete out就是“给予某人应得的”。

The loan prime rate (LPR), a market-based benchmark lending rate, saw its over-five-year rate, on which lenders base their mortgage rates, come in at 3.95%, down from the previous reading of 4.2%, according to the National Interbank Funding Center. Meanwhile, the one-year LPR remained unchanged at 3.45%. 报道中的LPR (loan prime rate)即贷款市场报价利率，是指由各报价银行根据其对最优质客户执行的贷款利率，按照公开市场操作利率加点形成的方式报价，由中国人民银行授权全国银行间同业拆借中心计算得出并发布的利率。