It has been pocked by the Asian crisis, the debacle at Long-Term Capital Management, a super-brainy hedge fund, the dotcom crash and now what you might call the first crisis of securitisation.
This shield is pocked with impressions made by the raindrops, punctured in the way that the surface of the puddle is continually disrupted.
这个遮避物的上方表面满布着雨点打出的凹记,就好像雨点不停地打在水洼面上一样。
In a region bursting with people, a few big open Spaces remain-like the Rift floor in Queen Elizabeth Park, pocked with crater lakes formed by volcanic explosions.