今天我们要学的词是 rout.

rout 作为名词，是指溃败、败退，常常用于形容市场表现。U.S. stock markets spent most of the week deep in the red in an across-the-board rout triggered by the prospect that a U.S.-China trade deal was in jeopardy. 美中贸易协议无法达成的危险引发股市全面受挫，导致本周美国股市大部分时间都大幅下跌。

As cheaper oil ripples through the global economy, analysts are weighing which energy firms are best equipped to cope with lower oil prices should the rout persist. 随着油价下跌在全球经济中掀起波澜，分析师们正在权衡，哪些能源公司能够在油价持续低迷的情况下做出最佳反应。