【To resist Trump, Canadians try local ketchup】
摘录来自The Economist [周四, 05 7月 2018]calibre 此材料受版权保护。
*ketchup:tomato souce
*belligerent:unfriendly and aggressive
*shop like a patriot
*shopping cart
*albeit:although替换
*one cause might be
【Culture and the labour market keep India’s women at home】摘录来自
The Economist [周四, 05 7月 2018] calibre 此材料受版权保护。
*give it a shot:try
*bedeck with:decoratie with
*ought to:should
*steep decline
*hinge on:depend on
*aches to follow
*bar:除…之外
*mores:习俗
*make ends meet:收支平衡
*enduring:持续的
*chasm:鸿沟
*stick around:呆在原地
手指上的气球 22小时前
【Culture and the labour market keep India’s women at home】摘录来自
The Economist [周四, 05 7月 2018] calibre 此材料受版权保护。2
*upshot:结局
*garment:衣服
*teeming:crowded
*textile mill:纺织厂
*hold back:阻止
*gender-selective abortion
【Culture and the labour market keep India’s women at home】摘录来自
The Economist [周四, 05 7月 2018] calibre 此材料受版权保护。3
*bloated夸张的
*steepest fall
*slumped
*forage寻找
终于完成了这篇超长文章
“Chinese and US tech giants go at it in emerging markets”摘录来自The Economist [周四, 05 7月 2018] calibre
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*vie 竞争
*unfold 披露展开
*pit against与…竞争
*swell 碰涨,扩张
*head to head面对面正面冲突
*spell 咒语
*rival 与…不相上下
* “As they vie for the next billion consumers to come online, Alibaba is taking on Amazon, Google is matched against Baidu and Tencent can prove its mettle against Facebook.”
*foray初步尝试
*outright完全的
*a constellation of一群
*thus far:so far
*plough money into:投入,投资
*soak up 吸收
【Chinese and US tech giants go at it in emerging markets】摘录来自The Economist [周四, 05 7月 2018]calibre此材料受版权保护。
*flock to成群结队的进入
*tricky:困难的
*nuts and bolt从具体细节出发的
*intricacy 错综复杂
*diaspora背井离乡的人
*tacit心照不宣的
* “Yet to critics, the Chinese approach is akin to what corporate Japan did in the 1980s: overpay for trophy assets in a hopelessly undisciplined way.
akin类似的;trophy asset炫耀性资产; hopelessly极度地
*feat功绩
* “The Americans’ edge lies with their record and their head start.”
edge优势;head start先发优势
*on a par 同等
*dispatch发配
*lavish cheque 巨额支票
*converge趋于一致
*decisive果断的
*nous 智力,常识
*mull仔细思考
*mind-boggling大吃一惊的
* commensurate相对应的相称的
*clout势力
【Why Detroit is the most expensive city in America to buy car insurance】摘录来自The Economist [周四, 05 7月 2018] calibre此材料受版权保护。
*precarious 不稳定的
* “But even among this throng of flashy ailments, Detroit’s car-insurance problem looks egregious.”
throng一群;ailment小病;egregious极坏的
*expanse空旷的地区
*flout the law 无视法律
*spiral out of control逐渐加速上升
*premium保费
*regressive倒退的
*scrap报废
* “When this insurance regime interacts with Detroit’s high rates of car theft and the shoddy state of Michigan’s roads, a death spiral ensues.”
regime:制度;interact互相作用;shoddy劣质的;ensue接着发生
【In China, sex work is being pushed back into the shadows】摘录来自
The Economist [周四, 05 7月 2018]
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*sprawl 杂乱无章的地区
*vice 有伤风化的
*raid突袭
*haul away拖走
*patron老客户
*punter customer
*posh 豪华的
*clamp down打击
*before long 不久之后
*in force 大规模的
*fetus胎儿
*tales民间故事
“Tales abound of sex workers swallowing used condoms when police storm in.”
* in the midst of 在……中间
*indulgent宽容的
*cause 事业
【America’s tech giants vie with China’s in third countries】摘录来自The Economist [周四, 05 7月 2018]calibre此材料受版权保护。
*face off 和…对抗
*prompt导致
*beget引起
*overtone言外之意
周末去上海,给一个朋友接风,送一个朋友回老家发展。四五点钟才到家,吃饭做饭,收拾屋子,看了一集好声音,写完了拖沓了前一个月的游记。还行吧。
“Russia shows another side at the World Cup”摘录来自The Economist [周四, 05 7月 2018]calibre此材料受版权保护
*foul play严重犯规
*cast a pall over蒙上一层阴影
*impropertu即兴的
*convivial 欢乐的
*drily冷幽默地
*vibe氛围
“Why some countries are turning off the internet on exam days”摘录来自The Economist [周四, 05 7月 2018]calibre此材料受版权保护。
*take drastic steps采取极端措施
*tap away 敲打
*splendid grade 非常优异的成绩
*stifle阻止
*dissent异议
马上要独立写英语研报了,这点词汇量和句型真的堪忧。😂
“China’s new $15bn tech fund emulates SoftBank’s Vision Fund”摘录来自The Economist [周四, 05 7月 2018]calibre此材料受版权保护。
*emulate模仿
*ride a wave 借助某事从中受益
*defeat失败
*venture企业
*pot巨款
*in tandem with一前一后地
* “Forays like these increasingly vex trade hawks in America, who fear that China will filch its cutting-edge technology.”
foray初步尝试;filch偷
*peter out逐渐消失
“Donald Trump agrees to cease fire in the trade war with the EU”摘录来自The Economist此材料受版权保护。
*cease fire停火
* on July 25th 在写报告的时候经常忘记日期的格式,mark一下
*herald 预示
*triumphant 得意洋洋的
*on the chopping block即将被废除
*accord协议
*put on ice搁置
* “The meeting’s other outcomes have more immediatet consequence”
*hold off 拖延
*tit for tat针锋相对
*missleed 恶行
*that means连接词对上一句话的解释或者back up
* “The Trump-Juncker deal offered American farmers little relief.”缓解的表达
*lest介词以免
*so far句子开头连接词
* “Unfortunately, temporary agricultural support programmes tend to become permanent. And lost markets may prove difficult to recapture.”
“How badly are sanctions hurting North Korea’s Kim Jong Un?”摘录来自The Economist此材料受版权保护。
* “Yet even at the best of times, gauging the state of North Korea’s economy is fiendishly hard.”
*contraction缩减
*gauge度量
*tally with 吻合
*strain压力
“Soon anyone will be able to learn how to print 3D guns”摘录来自The Economist此材料受版权保护。
*advocate支持者
*terrified害怕的
*formally正式地
*blueprint模型
*hail称颂
*bear arms
*deregulate撤销管制
*supress镇压
*by then到那时
“Heat is causing problems across the world”摘录来自The EconomistThe Economist此材料受版权保护。
*akin to 类似
*a rash of 一连串的
*sparked by 引发
*on record
*unremarkable 平凡的
*scorchers大热天
“Heat is causing problems across the world”摘录来自The EconomistThe Economist此材料受版权保护。
*scrutinising仔细观察的
*bleak荒凉的
*muggy潮湿的
*unabated不减弱的
*wet-bulb温度计
*reckon认为
“As private-equity firms mature, the way they buy and sell is changing”摘录来自The EconomistThe Economist此材料受版权保护。
*denizen居民
*let -up放松
*fathom 弄懂
* “Even more noteworthy than the volume of money pouring into private equity is the way the business is maturing.
*gauge测量
*unremarked未被注意的
*not long ago 不久之前
* “Notable among numerous recent examples are”
“Like America, Britain suffers from a lack of competition”摘录来自
The EconomistThe Economist此材料受版权保护。
*decry公开谴责
*grapple with
* “Since the early 2000s the top 100 firms, excluding finance and oil, have seen their share of economy-wide takings creep up, from 18.5% to 23%. P”
摘录来自The EconomistThe Economist此材料受版权保护。
*laggard落后者
*imperil危及
*benign和善的
*patchy分布不匀的
“Tech startups are reviving point-of-sale lending”摘录来自The Economist [Fri, 03 Aug 2018]calibre此材料受版权保护。
*brick-and-mortar shop
* “Consumers who might previously have financed big-ticket purchases such as furniture, electronics or home-improvement projects with a credit card are now opting to borrow at the checkout, often with an initial 0% interest rate.”
opt to选择
*pile into涌进
*installment loan分期付款债务
*tote携带
“A more realistic route to autonomous driving”
摘录来自The Economist [Fri, 03 Aug 2018]calibre此材料受版权保护。
*cyclist骑自行车的人
*is a tall order
* underdelivered:fail to fulfill an expectation
*underpin加固巩固
*struck a deal with
“How Tianjin, once China’s fastest-growing region, became its slowest”
摘录来自The Economist [Fri, 03 Aug 2018]calibre此材料受版权保护。
*witty风趣的
*seize from 从…夺
*stress test
*subdued growth低迷的增长
*boast自夸
* “That flatters the reality 美化现实
*wry讽刺的挖苦的 smile
*fringe边缘
*flouy 公然蔑视
* “Tianjin, along with a handful of other Chinese regions, has admitted that its economic record was grossly inflated”
* precipitous drop
*woe 痛苦
*palpable明显的
*guard保安
* prop them up撑起
*kill off灭楚
*residency permit 户口
*pared down。
*bold大胆的
* enticement
* “base their families in the city.”
*wild card 未知因素
“What America’s latest GDP figures reveal”摘录来自The Economist [Fri, 03 Aug 2018]calibre此材料受版权保护。
*propel推进驱使
*brag吹嘘
* “Championing early estimates of GDP is a risky business, because perky performance can be revised away.”
*In this case在这种情况下
* stunning令人震惊的
*is prone to 倾向于
*unprecendented空前的
*dubious犹豫的
*upswing改善
*crowd out 把…排挤出去
*run its couese顺其自然
* “Alternatively, critics of the Federal Reserve gripe that its gloomy forecasts have been self-fulfilling,”
*stoke 激起
*volatile波动的
*cruel残忍的
“Is China losing the trade war against America?”
摘录来自The Economist [周四, 09 8月 2018]calibre此材料受版权保护。
* edge优势
* spring into action
* circumspect小心谨慎的
*self-respecting有自尊心的
*dwell on老想着
*more broadly
*jittery紧张不安的
*prowess高超的技艺
*wanting缺乏的
* “Those with a conspiratorial mindset see things in a darker light.”
*srew榨干
*retaliation报复
*at one’s disposal由…做主
*reinforce加剧
* “rein in debt levels”控制债务规模
*restrain控制
*pledge保证许诺
*unduly过度地
*divergence区别
*dissipate消散
“The anger and ambition of India’s youth”摘录来自The Economist [周四, 09 8月 2018]calibre此材料受版权保护。
* portrait 描绘
*churn out大量炮制
* “a third-tier city about halfway between Mumbai and Delhi”
halfway在中间
*aspiration志向
* “an abundance of bombastic characters”
*wryly挖苦地
*muscular brand 强有力的品牌
*carry around随身携带
*a gang of 一群
*scam骗局
*conscious良心
*resentment后悔
*empirical以经营为依据的
*impressionistic印象派的
“New York halts new licences for ride-hailing cars”摘录来自The Economist [周四, 09 8月 2018]calibre此材料受版权保护。
* dwellers居住者
*jamming road
*midtown 市中心区
*moratorium暂停
*borough行政区
* His statistics show that although Uber and Lyft journeys are well up, their impact on congestion in Manhattan has been tempered by the fact that they have put so many taxi drivers out of work (see chart).
*critics评论家
*nudge哄劝
“Booming Seattle struggles to stay affordable”摘录来The Economist [周四, 09 8月 2018]calibre此材料受版权保护。
* consecutive连续的
* “Entrepreneurs are flocking there, repelled by the obscene costs of San Francisco.”
💋rents have shot up
💋 “The boom shows little sign of abating, meaning that Seattle has only a few years before it contracts a case of full-blown San Francisco.”
💋constrain限制
💋scarcity供不应求
💋 “The overall costs to society are staggering.”巨大的
moonligjt赚外快。“As long as admission to senior-high schools is based on results from the gruelling zhongkao exam, parents are likely to exploit every loophole to give their children an edge. Typically only the top 60% of zhongkao-ta”摘录来自The Economist [周五, 17 8月 2018]calibre此材料受版权保护。
lead contented lives 过想要的生活
gradual, long-term project
widened the criteria used for entry to the best secondary schools. widen动词放宽(标准)
“align the classroom with the workplace”将课堂与工作的场景匹配
铁饭碗哈哈哈哈iron rice bowl