城市发展 Flashcards
level villages
夷为平地 raze sth to the ground
end up indigent/destitude
陷入赤贫
central sticking point
主要的症结所在
phenomenally popular
极其受欢迎
a gleaming city of skyscrapers
城市遍布闪耀的摩天大厦
tree-lined paths
种满树的街道
forced demolition
强拆
land seizure/grabs
土地回收
petition system
上访机制
Corruption is endemic
腐败是长期普遍存在的问题
left in the care of their grandparents
留下来让老人照顾
decentralize the country’s governance
下放权力
peaceful and idyllic village
平静安适的乡村
in the thick of=at the height of
处于….最严重/最狂热的时期
The drought brought economic/financial ruin to local farmers.
bring sth to ruin
landscape was pristine
pristine: not spoiled or damaged in any way
原始的，未受污染或损害的
prompt a surge of productivity
带来了生产力的大幅度提升
Reckless growth
无节制的增长
building frenzy/bonanza
建设狂潮
social woes
社会难题
come to grief
失败
swaths of farmland/plots of land
大片耕地
chronic unemployment
长期糟糕的失业率
rush headlong to do
匆忙做
break this logjam
打破僵局
NDRC
发改委
deliver a high quality of life
实现高质量的生活
salvage what’s left behind
挽回剩下的东西
be bullbozed to make room for
被推平来腾地方
be left holding the bag/baby
独自留下烂摊子
in the funk/doom and gloom
萧条
dismissive tone
不屑的语气distainful,scornful
paltry returns
极少的回报
shudder to think
想到…就不寒而栗
immediate casualties of the building boom
房地产飞速发展的牺牲品
pile up debts/rising liabilities/rack up debt
债台高筑
forcible land grab/seizure; expropriation of land
强征土地
be fairly compensated
得到合理的赔偿
present an obstacle to
阻碍了
liberalizing the ownership of rural land
农村土地自由化
vanity projects
面子工程
point-based system
积分入户制
pay into the local social-insurance system
交社保
pay into: to invest money in something such as an insurance policy or a pension fund so that you will receive money in the future
exacting/strigent requirement
苛刻的要求
live in rotten conditions
居住环境糟糕
rotten: bad or low quality, unpleasant
provincial level
prefecture level
county/township level
village level
省级行政区(一级和二级，二级为省会城市)
县级行政区
乡镇级
村级
deeply entrenched sexism
根深蒂固的性别歧视
be no short of sth/nothing less than
简直就是,表示强调
climb the coporate/social/career ladder
晋升
an orchestra of
多种
an orchestra of
各种各样的
a totemic issue
具有象征意义的问题
act as a powerful deterrant against
有效遏制了
fully fledged
成熟的
subsidized/affordable housing
经济适用房
an avalanche of people
大量的人
woefully inefficient
效率极低
on a good trajectory
发展状况良好
cross the river by feeling the stone
摸着石头过河
give or take
大约
flip-flopp on
反复无常
n. political flip-flop
adj. flip-flopped
tear families apart/asunder
让家庭分崩离析
first-class hospitals
三甲医院
solve the difficulties for individuals to see a doctor
解决看病难的问题
in the red
in the black
负债，过去用红墨水记账，表示亏损
盈利，black Friday也是由此而来
The doctor will give you a referral to a specialist in your area.
referral to 转诊到其它专家
go to big hospitals just for mild health problems
去大医院只为看小病
tax-sharing system
分税制，以前是包税制，tax farming
ramp up its policing of the drug sector
加强监管
compromised vaccine
有问题的疫苗
compromised:损害
premium medical resources
最好的医疗资源
premium: more expensive or of higher quality than other similar things
