deception骗局,诡计,欺骗,欺诈
wriggle v. 蠕动,蜿蜒前进,~out of 避免
theocracy神权政体,神政,神治国θi'?kr?si
WHO would have thought that
run diplomatic circles
It doesn't take a fevered brain to assume that
get one's hands on把...弄到手bomb
Iran's claim that its nuclear programme is entirely peaceful is widely disbelieved.
spoke out v. 大声地说(大胆地说出)
painstaking n. 辛苦,苦心,工夫a. 辛苦的,勤勉的,小心的
unravel阐明,解释,解开five painstaking years of diplomacy have abruptly unraveled.
debacle甚至造句子解冻,崩溃dei'bɑ:kl
clandestine a. 秘密的[kl鎛'destin work on nuclear warheads
pull the rug from under vt. 拆台(破坏计划) the diplomacy
slap . 拍击,侮辱,申斥n涂子沛侮辱,拍击声ad. 正面地,直接地,突然地
wrist腕,介绍元宵节腕关节 a mild slap on the wrist
economic screw
crusade v. 干改革运动,加入十字军
confound v. 使混淆,使狼狈
t his hou in order vi. 进行内部整顿(进行改革)
receive a clean bill of health 无疫证书(无罪的证明书)
misconstrue v. 误解,曲解
deliberately ad. 故意地
sniff out发现, 寻找;调查
live like cat and dog整天吵架
agree like cats and dogs完全合不来;像猫和狗一样合不来
pos(为追捕罪犯而组成的)民防团
vindication洗冤,证实vindi'kei??n
claiming a double vindication
pur v. 咕噜咕噜叫, 发出喉音
travesty v. 使...滑稽化a travesty of justice对正义的歪曲argument is a travesty嘲弄安全的丰胸
in full daylight在大白天米的外婆
in defiance of违抗,无视UN resolutions
without any fuss担心,大惊小怪,小题大作 v. 无事自扰,焦急,焦燥
gloss over掩饰the many unanswered questions
lame duck无用的人, 投机者
coyly ad. 害羞地, 羞怯地
coy k?i]腼典的,怕羞的,羞怯的, 吞吞吐吐
dreadful conquences
deterrence挽留的事物,妨碍物
keep you from harm!免受伤害
have a card up one's sleeve v. 秘而不宣的计划(意图), 锦囊妙计
brush aside不理,不顾America's offer of talks
rider骑士,附件,扶手drop that rider
fetish神物(偶像,迷信,盲目崇拜的东西)
accountability有责任,有义务
dropped criminal proceedings against him
Reforming global rules is an appealing idea. But cleaning up domestic regulation is as important
catastrophe大灾难,大祸k?'t鎠tr?fi]
heal v. 痊愈,使...复原,和解worst financial crisis
“early warning system
head off vt. 阻止(阻拦,绕道前进) financial turbulence
political heavyweights
resort vi. 求助于或诉诸某事物; 采取某手段或方法应急或作为对策n. 1 求 助, 凭借, 诉诸 2 求助[凭借]的对象; 采用的办法 3 度假胜地
results were modest.
distil v. 蒸馏, 提取....的精华lessons from the subprime mess
resilient弹回的,有弹力的,愉快的more resilient against financial turmoil
heed v. 注意到,留心到That is a lesson politicians should now heed
vying a. 竞争的vi. 竞争
vie v.竞争vai for supremacy至高,主权; 优势
boil down to a. 简化为(归结为) a straight fight between
physical infrastructure物质基础设施(0)
intermediate technology中间技术
afflict v. 使苦恼,折磨was afflicted with患了病/was afflicted with conscience受良心责备
price inflation物价膨胀
intertwined arch-and-advertising market
ethnic cleansing种族清洗
bloodshed流血事件
be forced to accept a fait accompli既成事实'feit ɑ:'k?:mpli
10-26
It also witnesd a pivotal moment
reel vi. 眩晕,蹒跚left the state reeling
antagonize 使参会人员名单...对抗(反对,起反作用
tailor-made 很适合;度身打造
generous assumptions about the economy's strength
envision v. 想象,预想
t aside撇开(不顾,取消,放弃,保留) $70 billion to finance the war on terror
ballooning非法操纵价格entitlement
health outlay费用,经费,支出v. 花费
slashing payments to health-care
insolvency破产
thrown into the shade v. 使逊色(使相形见绌,使黯然无光)
sb dropped out of the race
quixotica. 唐吉诃德式的, 污污污在线狂想家的鸟语来叶;不切实际的;
is loathed by the business establishment
calls for a constitutional ban on abortion and homoxual marriage. put more emphasis on poverty, in a bid to win Mr Edwards's voters
conrvative populists 老保守派和民粹人士
咬紧牙关gritted her teeth
giving immigrants the right to earn citizenship
There is good reason for thinking充足的理由
exacerbate vt. 加重(使...恶化,激怒)
The economy is sputtering. Employment
is faltering. Hou prices are dipping.
been showered with大量给予;备受称赞dancer was showered with prai
redesign a city's bus rvices from scratch从头开始;
peasant agriculture农民经济
show little inclination to reproduce
offspring子孙,后代,产物head to the cities
precarious不确定的,危险的pri'k??ri?s
tedious沉闷的, 单调乏味的
rural bliss is precarious, isolated, and tedious.
opt for wage employment
their mode of production is ill suited to modern agricultural production,
private provision私营化;私人提供
public provision公共提供
consumer food fashions are fast-changing and best met by integrated marketing chains
leery 机敏的,细心的;戒心
been leery of commercial agriculture
enclosure movement圈地运动
agricultural innovation is highly nsitive to local conditions
benefits are not fully captured by the innovators
remarkable example the time between harvesting one crop and planting the next --downtime for land
out-growing," or "contract farming
school district has long struggled to clo the gap
a host of reforms一系列改革
casino revenues赌博收入
thrown into the shade v. 使逊色(使相形见绌,使黯然无光)
sb dropped out of the race
quixotica. 唐吉诃德式的, 狂想家的;不切实际的;
is loathed by the business establishment
calls for a constitutional ban on abortion and homoxual marriage. put more emphasis on poverty, in a bid to win Mr Edwards's voters
conrvative populists 老保守派和民粹人士
咬紧牙关gritted her teeth
giving immigrants the right to earn citizenship
There is good reason for thinking充足的理由
exacerbate vt. 加重(使...恶化,激怒)