地道表达2 Flashcards
China’s regulator also has a logjam of more than 700 companies waiting to do IPOs.
logjam 表示阻塞，a logjam of sth表示很多东西的堆积
the Cultural Revolution is still described as having inflicted “untold disasters” on China.
inflict sth on sb，让…遭受
Mr Xi has no truck with Maoist ideas about permanent revolution.
have/hold want no truck witht 拒不接受
it fears that too much scrutiny might call into question the party’s fitness to rule.
call into question sth
call sth into question 让人质疑
Mr Xi is blowing on the embers of the conflagration that consumed China 50 years ago.
embers余烬
blow on the embers of让…死灰复燃
But debate about it still rages on the internet in China
rage on 激烈地进行中
The demolition of ancient monuments by Islamic State in the Syrian city of Palmyra was an echo of what happened in Qufu
an echo of 让人想起…
in central China, where 54 rival Red Guard groups fought it out
fight it out 决一雌雄，
while ordinary villagers were only allowed to peck at the victims’ arms and thighs.
pick at/peck at 吃一点点（因为不喜欢或者不饿）
tuck in 狼吞虎咽 gobble down
force down强迫吃下
savour细细品尝
It was also eclipsed by the numbers killed in earlier episodes of violence and calamity inflicted upon China by its Communist leaders.
be eclipsed by 被超过，不及
Ba Jin, a novelist, once called the Cultural Revolution China’s “spiritual Holocaust”—a stretch but perhaps an understandable one.
stretch 夸张，言过其实
stretch the truth
be stretching it
Many of today’s leaders spent their formative years in the Cultural Revolution.
formative years个性形成时期
Most Chinese historians have steered clear of writing about the period.
steer clear of 避开，绕开 eschew tiptoe around sidestep bypass gloss over忽略
China’s leaders, who love to celebrate anniversaries at every opportunity, will draw a veil of silence over the decade.
draw a veil (of sth )over sth 避而不谈，掩饰
America’s electoral laws are a recipe for chaos.
be a recipe for sth可能会造成……不好的结果
The growing power of online platforms is worrisome. But regulators should tread carefully
tread carefully / warily / cautiously etc
言行谨慎
The dark art of astroturfing
astroturf: a type of artificial surface that looks like grass and is used to cover fields where games such as hockey and American football are played 人造草坪，这里指影响舆论，捏造网络帖子，影响舆论的五毛党
Most of their posts gush with praise for China, the party or other symbols of the regime.
gush wish praise:
to express your praise, pleasure etc in a way that other people think is too strong
吹捧，充斥着溢美之词
The security leaks have caused a widespread furore.
furore 公愤
the straitened circumstances of post-war Japan
straitened circumstance经济拮据的
fall prey to
受到…影响，侵害
be crazed with grief
悲痛欲绝
curry favour (with somebody)
巴结，讨好
fawn on
讨好
> be inundated with something
应接不暇
> be crammed full of something
(塞满了)
> be cluttered (up) with something
(排满了)
> fraught with danger
充满危险
> (be) wrapped up in something
笼罩在
> be shrouded in something
笼罩在
> laden with
debt-laden
负债累累ㅤ
jargon-laden
充满行话
> overgrown with
长满
> (be) sheathed with something
包裹在，笼罩在
> riddled with something
encumbered withㅤ
saddled withㅤ
……缠身，深陷ㅤ
> impregnate something with something
铺满，让……充满)
> (be) muffled (up) in something
(裹住)
> clad in
(覆盖着)
> (be) thronged with somebody
(人满为患)
> be rife with something
充满
> be spangled with something
interspersed withㅤ
dotted with
点缀着……ㅤ
> (be) wreathed in smiles
(笑脸盈盈)
> swathe ² (v) (be swathed in)
包裹在
> be replete with
(充满，布满)
> be weighed down by/with something
(身负……，压着ㅤ
> be peppered with something
布满，被连珠炮似地提问
> hum with (busy)
充满
be resonant with sth
洋溢着，充满着
sth settle over sp
弥散在
plumb the depths of despair
陷入（绝望/痛苦的）深渊
> (be) muffled (up) in something
(裹住)
> (be) thronged with somebody
(人满为患)
break one’s neck
竭尽全力
> be at the end of your rope
(殚精竭虑)
> come up against something/somebody
(应对，处理)
> at full stretch
竭尽全力
> juggle with
(疲于应对)
> fill somebody’s shoes
(接手困难的事情，任重道远，)
> bustle about
(疲于奔命)
> brave the weather
勇敢面对
> rack your brains
绞尽脑汁
> bend over backwards to do something
(尽力)
> wallow in despair
淹没在绝望之中ㅤ
> (be) etched on your memory
(铭记在心)
touch people‘s lives/the whole community
影响人们的生活／整个社区
stretch/strain sth to the limit
消耗殆尽；极尽夸张之能事
> be weaned on something
(耳濡目染)
be seared in
be stamped on sb
be etched on
烙印；印在心里
> take a pounding
受到极大影响
> creep up on somebody/something
逐渐产生一种情绪
> at the mercy of somebody
(任人宰割)
> out of harm’s way
(免受…伤害)
> impervious to
(不受影响)
do sth with impunity
做错事而免受惩处:
> (be) devoured by something
(被……侵蚀ㅤ
> do something at your peril
(给自己惹麻烦)
> cut a swathe through something
(破坏)
> take reprisals against
(报复,in retaliation against
> dash somebody’s hopes
(毁掉……梦想)
> tamper with something
(篡改)
> to the detriment of something
(损害)
> pummel something with something
(打击)
> pelt somebody with something
打击
sth remained stamped on sb
铭记在心
bear on
与…有关
> bear down on somebody
(逼近，降临到，危及到)
> take the wind out of somebody’s sails
(削减锐气，自信……)
> tentacle (spread the tentacles )
扩大影响力
> go to the mat for somebody
竭尽全力
> put your shoulder to the wheel
竭尽全力
> set your sights on doing something
下决心
> be bound up in something
(忙于)
> strain every nerve
竭尽全力
> go to great lengths to do something
竭尽全力
rise to the occasion
应对困难
> get to grips with something
(应对，come up against)
> fight tooth and nail
(拼命，竭力)
break one’s neck
竭尽全力
reached its nadir
跌落低谷
economic morass
经济困境
> beset somebody with/by something
(缠身)
> fall on hard times
陷入困境
in scrapes
陷入麻烦
> in a predicament
> in a quandary
陷入困境
send sth into a tailspin
恶化
> in the throes of something
(在困境之中)
> scrape by
(勉强糊口)
> lapse into silence
(陷入)
trials and tribulations
困难和挫折，艰难困苦)
> in a rut
(一成不变的环境)
> the odds are stacked against somebody (battle/struggle against the oddsㅤ
运气不好
> beat the odds
(战胜困境)
on the edge of a precipice
身处绝境
> like a lamb to the slaughter
羊入虎口
> be at a low ebb
(低潮)
> the rigours of something
(严酷的环境)
> when the chips are down
艰难时刻
> go through the wringer
(遭遇磨难)
A few hours earlier, in the packed chamber of the European Parliament, the kids had been at each others’ throats.
at each other’s throats 注意复数，愤怒的争吵
China’s middle class will grow and so, too, will its demands for change.
注意倒装
They battled with police and tried to storm government offices.
battle with 与…抗争
storm 及物动词，冲进
the public safety-net is rudimentary. They fret that, if they fall ill, hospital bills may wipe out their wealth.
rudimentary=basic
wipe out
Some are agitating for a cleaner environment, for fairer treatment of workers, or for an end to discrimination against women, or gay people, or migrants.
agitate for=clamor for 要求=demand
banks offer derisory interest rates
derisory少的可怜的，寒酸的
meager
Even more rage about corruption, which blights every industry and activity, and about nepotism, which rewards connections over talent and hard work.
rage about 生气，不满=fume about
blight=plague=impair 损害
No Ponzi scheme in history ensnared more investors than the one that collapsed in China in January.
Ponzi scheme 庞氏骗局，传销
Pyramid scheme
Plenty scoff when they are force-fed Marxism.
force-feed=inculcate =indoctrinate强行灌输
scoff at 嘲讽
Plenty scoff when they are force-fed Marxism.
force feed=indoctrinate=incalcate强行灌输
scoff at 嘲讽
No Ponzi scheme in history ensnared more investors than the one that collapsed in China in January.
Ponzi scheme=Pyramid scheme
庞氏骗局，传销
Even more rage about corruption, which blights every industry and activity, and about nepotism, which rewards connections over talent and hard work.
rage about不满，生气=fume about
blight=plague 损害
They worry about their savings, too; banks offer derisory interest rates and alternative investments are regulated badly or not at all.
derisory少得可怜的，寒酸的=meager
alternative investments 其它的投资方案
Some are agitating for a cleaner environment, for fairer treatment of workers, or for an end to discrimination against women, or gay people, or migrants.
agitate for=clamour for要求
demand
And the public safety-net is rudimentary. They fret that, if they fall ill, hospital bills may wipe out their wealth.
rudimentary=elementary 基础的
wipe out 消耗掉，摧毁掉
They battled with police and tried to storm government offices.
storm 及物动词，强行冲进
Qualms about the force’s quality extend beyond their handling of demonstrators.
qualms 担忧=uneasiness
have qualms about
Suspicions abound in Hong Kong that the party’s tentacles are spreading.
tentacle触角
abound in 大量存在于
The malaise is helping to nurture a generation of protesters who are more prepared to confront the police—and cops, in turn, who expect to be targets of crowd violence.
malaise=qualms 不安，不满
help to 有助于
The speech that followed was even more rambling than usual, and peppered with personal gripes; the boasts were fewer, and his haranguing of the media
ramble on 长篇大论
rambling 漫无边际地讲话
boast 吹嘘
harangue sb about sth 慷慨激昂的演说
At times, Mr Trump sounded deranged.
deranged=insane
And Mr Trump’s raving depiction of America as a “divided crime scene” does not ring true to most other Americans.
rave at sb 咆哮
ranting and raving 大声叫嚷
slings and arrows
各种各样的批评
on the sidelines of sth
在正式会议之外
袖手旁观
highlight the paralysis within OPEC
凸显出欧佩克内部管理的匮乏
make sth less relevant to sth
减少…对…的影响力
do sth at full tilt
全力做
brush off the concerns
嗤之以鼻，对…不放在心上
lay the groundwork for
奠定基础
carry them over the finish line
帮助他们到达终点
do sth flat out
直接，全力
pump flat out 全力产油
avoid a wipeout
避免输得太惨，避免被碾压
run up margins
追上差距
neutralize the advantage
抵消优势
came from hardscrabble backgrounds
出身贫寒
give A affinity to B
让B对A感动深受
he faces daunting odds in clearing the threshold
很难超过这一门槛
face daunting odds 很难
clear 这里指越过 clear the fence
pink slips
解雇通知书
roil markets
扰动市场
double-barrelled taper tantrum
剧烈的削减恐慌
double-barrelled attack
A moves inversely to B
A和B成反相关
campaign trail
竞选游说
make the case for sb
支持某人
lend fuel to
助力
a flurry of
匆忙的一阵…
With global growth still lackluster
lackluster adj. 乏力的，缺乏亮点的
In a similar vein
同样
has come amid an increasing perception
是因为越来越多的人认为
sth has come amid …某事发生的背景是，可以直接翻成因为
crowd out the private sector
排挤，挤兑私有企业
pass an appropriation
appropriation拨款
heap/lavish much praise on
大加赞赏
sowing the seeds of global instability
酝酿了全球的动荡
tenuous command of sth
对…微妙的掌控
disassociating himself from sb
跟…保持距离，远离
get our heads around sth
尝试弄清楚
yawning deficits
巨大的赤字
lurch from crisis to crisis
危机不断
lurch=stagger 踉跄
speak with some fireworks
说话火药味十足
sound out their views
听取意见
The two will cancel each other out
相互抵消
yields on fixed-income securities
注意介词yield on sth
The advent of the Chinese private refiners
the advent of sth …的兴起
anchor inflation expectations
稳定人们的预期
put the credibility of the FOMC on the line
put sth on the line =put sth at risk
sth run on for 30 minutes
啰啰嗦嗦，洋洋洒洒
peddle Beijing’s vision for the global economy
peddle 兜售，推销，这里指推广
emerged as a barometer of
风向标
its overcapacity problem has increasingly washed up on foreign shores.
冲击到其它国家
in the lead-up to the summit
在峰会前夕
lead-up=run-up to sth
in the times of pathos
困境
