1-banknote 钞票，纸币

2-collapse 崩溃，瓦解

3-turnaround 转型；周期

De La Rue, the company that prints UK's banknotes, has said there is a risk that the firm will collapse if the turnaround plan fails to work.

4-overhead 管理费用的，经费的

The company said it was accelerating its restructuring plan, including a reduction in overhead costs.

5-bolster 提高，增强

It is also planning new banknote security feature products to bolster its position in the increasingly competitive banknote market.

6-teeter on the brink of sth 处在（灾难或危险）的边缘，濒临

De La Rue is teetering on the brink.

7-malaise 痼疾

Bad management and decisions seems to be the main reason for the malaise.

8-security-printing 防伪印刷

9-turn in 产生

10-one-off 一次性的

11-mounting 增长的，上升的

The banknote and security-printing turned in a disastrous set of numbers- a £10m operating loss, a string of one-off charges and mounting debt.

12-unprecedented 空前的，无比的

13-turmoil 动乱，骚乱

It also admits that the unprecedented turmoil at the top has not helped.

14-newish 新的

15-yeild 产生

If the revival plan put in place by the newish chief executive doesn't yield results, there will be a threat to the company being able to continue as a going concern.