2020 Words

Question 1

the tense situation between China and the US

Answer 1

中美关系的紧张局势

局势

Question 2

he was dubbed a successor to Dickens

Answer 2

他被誉为狄更斯的接班人

Question 3

That book shattered some of my illusions

Answer 3

那本书破除了一些我的迷信

破除迷信
pòchúmíxìn

Question 4

the upcoming election

Answer 4

即将到来的大选

Question 5

parliamentary seat

Answer 5

席位

xí wèi

Question 6

snatch victory from the jaws of defeat

Answer 6

扭转局势 / 扳回一城

Question 7

most south East Asian nations do not want to get mixed up/entangled in the Sino-American conflict

Answer 7

大多数东南亚国家不愿意卷入中美冲突

Question 8

The pressure students face these days is unprecedented.

Answer 8

现在学生面对的压力是空前的。

Question 9

proxy war

Answer 9

代理人战争

Question 10

meticulous

Answer 10

有条不紊
yǒu tiáo bù wén

Question 11

avant-guard music

Answer 11

先锋音乐

Question 12

congressman

senator

Answer 12

众议员

参议员

Question 13

I imagine this will immediately conjure up in readers’ minds an image of . . . .

Answer 13

相信许多读者脑海中都会立即浮现出 . . .

Question 14

incite the masses to overturn elites

Answer 14

挑唆群众推翻精英

挑唆：tiǎo suō

推翻：tuī fān

Question 15

die-hard supporter

Answer 15

铁杆支持者

tiěgǎn

Question 16

Two decades after unification, Germany is casting off all inhibitions about asserting its power.

Answer 16

在统一20年后，德国正抛却所有妨碍自己彰显实力的束缚。

抛却 pāo què：cast off
妨碍 fáng ài: block
束缚 shù fù: fetters inhibitions
彰显实力 zhāngxián shílì: demonstrate strength

Question 17

Subliminal influence

Answer 17

潜移默化

qián yí mò huà

Question 18

voter

Answer 18

选民

Question 19

We have learnt from the experiences of other countries that unemployment subsidies do not work.

Answer 19

失业补助金效果并不好，已经在许多国家有了前车之鉴。

Question 20

complete nonsense

Answer 20

无稽之谈

wú jīzhītán

Question 21

These countries are all facing challenges such as controlling Covid, contracting economies and social unrest

Answer 21

这些国家都面临疫情防控、经济倒退、社会不稳定等困境

Question 22

Put yourself in the shoes of a recent graduate.

Answer 22

请设身处地想想当下大学毕业生的处境

Question 23

since the millennium

Answer 23

千禧年之后

Question 24

The result of China taking active measures to prevent the virus spreading was that the economy is now growing.

Answer 24

中国采取积极行动阻止病毒传播，其结果是，经济在增长。