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ego自我中心

getone'

shandsonbomb

get/lay（one'

s）handson=Togetpossessioonof;

acquireorobtain.

Iran'

sclaimthatitsnuclearprogrammeisentirelypeacefuliswidelydisbelieved.

fivepainstakingyearsofdiplomacyhaveabruptlyunraveled.

painstakingn.辛苦,苦心,工夫a.辛苦的,勤勉的,小心的

adj.Markedbyorrequiringgreatpains;

verycarefulanddiligent.

n.Extremelycarefulanddiligentworkoreffort.

Unravel=toexplainorsolve:

weunravelledthesecrets阐明,解释,解开

meticulousAdjective=verypreciseaboutdetails;

carefulandthorough

debacle解冻,崩溃

debacle=Nounsomethingthatendsinadisastrousfailure,esp.becauseithasnotbeenproperlyplanned

clandestineworkonnuclearwarheads

clandestineFormalsecretandconcealed:

abaseforclandestineactivities秘密的

pulltherugfromunderthediplomacy

pulltherugfromundersomeone/something=tosuddenlytakeawayhelporsupportfromsomeone,ortosuddenlydosomethingwhichcausesmanyproblemsforthem.Theschoolpulledtherugfromunderthebasketballteambymakingthempaytopractiseintheschoolgymnasium.拆台（破坏计划）

sweepsomethingunderthecarpet（British,American&

Australian,American&

Australian）=totrytohideaproblemorkeepaproblemsecretinsteadofdealingwithit.Theincidenthasforcedintotheopenanissuethatthegovernmentwouldratherhavesweptunderthecarpet.Theevidencewasonfilmandthepolicecouldn'

tjustsweepitundertherug.

amildslaponthewrist

getyourwristslapped

aslaponthewrist-awarningorpunishmentthatisnotsevere.Wegotourwristsslappedforleavingthedoorunlockedallnight.Igotaslaponthewristforarrivinglateagain.

slap拍击wrist腕,腕关节

economicscrew

haveascrewloose（informal）=tobecrazy.Ithinkthatwomanhasascrewloose-shegoesoutinherslippers.

TibetTakesLeadinChina'

sCrusadeagainstWhitePollution

hecarriedonaone-mancrusade运动againstdisease.他一个人进行去疾病运动

thestudentsarecrusading参与…运动againstcorruption.

学生们正在参加反腐败运动。

crusade=avigorouscampaigninfavorofacause

=totakepartinacrusade

混淆是非confoundrightandwrong

把事实与假设混为一谈confoundfictionandfact.

Confound：

1.Tofailtodistinguish;

mixup:

confoundfictionandfact.

2.Tomake（somethingbad）worse:

Donotconfoundtheproblembylosingyourtemper.

3.Tocausetobeashamed;

abash:

aninventionthatconfoundedtheskeptics

get/putyourownhouseinorder=tosolveyourownproblems.Youshouldputyourownhouseinorderbeforeyoustartgivingmeadvice.

acleanbillofhealth=ifyougivesomeoneorsomethingacleanbillofhealth,youexaminethemandstatethattheyarehealthy,ingoodcondition,orlegal.Johnwillhavetostayathomeuntilthedoctorsgivehimacleanbillofhealth.Of30countriesinspectedforairlinesafetyonly17receivedacleanbillofhealth.

receiveacleanbillofhealth无疫证书（无罪的证明书）

misconstrueVerbtointerpretmistakenly

sniffoutVerbtodiscoveraftersomesearching:

theyeventuallysniffedoutasuitableParliamentaryseatforhim.

sniffout发现,寻找；

调查

fightlikecatanddog（British&

Australian,British&

American）toargueviolentlyallthetime.Wegetonverywellasadultsbutaskidswefoughtlikecatanddog.

livelikecatanddog整天吵架

agreelikecatsanddogs完全合不来；

像猫和狗一样合不来

posse（为追捕罪犯而组成的）民防团,民兵队

Oursocietypermitspeopletosueforlibel诽谤,中伤,诬蔑,损害名誉sothattheymayvindicatetheirreputations.我们的社会准许人们为自自而申辩，这样他们就可以维护他们的名誉vindication洗冤,证实

beaminglikecatsatthecream,aposseof 

Iranians 

wentto 

January'

sWorldEconomicForuminDavosclaimingadoublevindication. 

beaminglikecatsatthecream好象吃了奶油的猫一样得意洋洋（兴高彩烈、踌躇满志）

purv.咕噜咕噜叫,发出喉音

travesty=Adebased品质恶劣的orgrotesquelikeness:

atravestyofjustice.

atravestyofjustice对正义的歪曲argumentisatravesty嘲弄

infulldaylight在大白天

indefianceof违抗,无视UNresolutions

withoutanyfuss大惊小怪,v.无事自扰,忙乱

Don'

tmakeanyfuss.不要小题大作。

Itdoesthejobnicelyandwithoutanyfuss.

aquietlifewithoutanyfuss.

Theonlymistaketheymadewasgivingusthewrongroom,twinbedsinsteadofqueenbedroom.Buttheychangeditstraightawaywithoutanyfuss（顺利地）.

Thematterconcludedwithouttoomuchfuss.事情顺利地结束了

fusswithsomething

1.tobebusywithsomethingwithouthavingaparticularpurpose.Jackhadspenthoursfussingwiththeoldcar.

2.totrytofixsomethingcomplicated.It'

samistaketofusswithyourcomputer.

glossover掩饰themanyunansweredquestions

glossoversomething

tofailtodealwiththeimportanceofsomething.Thereportpraisedthemanagersbutglossedoverthehighcostoftheproject.TheStateDepartment'

sreportsfortheperiodglossedovertheworsthuman-rightsproblemsintheregion.

alameduck

1.apersonorcompanythatisintroubleandneedshelp.Inundertwoyears,itwastransformedfromastate-ownedlameduckintoasuccessfulcompany.

（mainlyAmerican）

2.someone,especiallyanelectedofficial,whocannotinfluenceeventsanymore,oftenbecausetheirjobisgoingtoendsoon.TheMayorintendstorunforre-electiontoavoidbeingthoughtofasalameduck.

lameduck跛脚鸭

lamb羔羊lamp灯

coylyad.害羞地,羞怯地

coy=affectedlyshyandmodest腼典的,怕羞的,羞怯的,吞吞吐吐

dreadfulconsequences可怕后果

Doesnegotiateddisarmamentdeterwar?

裁军协议能阻止dissuade战争吗?

It'

sthisedgethatgivesnuclearweaponstheirpowertodeter正是这个优势赋予了核武器威慑力量

deterrence挽留的事物,妨碍物

competitiveedge竞争优势

keepyoufromharm!

up（one'

s）sleeve

Hiddenbutreadytobeused:

Istillhaveafewtricksupmysleeve.

haveacardupone'

ssleevev.秘而不宣的计划（意图）,锦囊妙计

brushaside不理,不顾America'

sofferoftalks

rider骑士,附件,扶手dropthatrider

makeaperfectfetishof盲目崇拜;

过分注意.

Madeafetishofpunctuality过分恪守时间.

Somewomenmakeafetishofclothes.有些妇女过于注重衣着。

fetish神物（偶像,迷信,盲目崇拜的东西）

dropped放弃criminalproceedings起诉againsthim

Reformingglobalrulesisanappealing诱人idea.Butcleaningupdomesticregulationisasimportant

Heal解决worstfinancialcrisis

earlywarningsystem预警

headofffinancialturbulence动荡

headoff

Toblocktheprogressorcompletionof;

intercept:

Trytoheadhimoffbeforehegetshome.Thetownheadedofftheattempttobuildanothermall.

politicalheavyweights政坛要人

heavyweight

2.apersonwhoisheavierthanaverage

3.Informalanimportantorhighlyinfluentialperson

distil蒸馏,提取....的精华lessonsfromthesubprimemess次贷危机

moreresilientagainstfinancialturmoil混乱

resilientAdjective

1.（ofaperson）recoveringeasilyandquicklyfrommisfortuneorillness

2.（ofanobject）capableofregainingitsoriginalshapeorpositionafterbendingorstretching

heedv.注意到,留心到Thatisalessonpoliticiansshouldnowheed

vyinga.竞争的vi.竞争

viev.竞争vieforsupremacy至高,主权;

优势

boildowntoastraightfightbetween

managerialvimn.精力,生气,精神

10-23

physicalinfrastructure物质基础设施（0）

intermediatetechnology中间技术

afflict使苦恼,折磨

wasafflictedwith患了病

wasafflictedwithconscience受良心责备

intertwined纠缠search-and-advertisingmarket

ethniccleansing种族清洗

bloodshed流血事件

beforcedtoacceptafaitaccompli既成事实

10-26

Italsowitnessedapivotalmoment关键时刻

leftthestatereeling

reelvi.眩晕,蹒跚

reeloff

Torecitefluentlyandusuallyatlength:

reeledoffalonglistofnamesanddates.

antagonizeor-niseVerb

toarousehostilityin:

itwasnotprudenttoantagonizeahiredkiller

antagonize

tailor-made

Perfectlyfittedtoacondition,preference,orpurpose;

madeorasifmadetoorder:

tailor-maderenovations.很适合；

度身打造

generousassumptionsabouttheeconomy'

sstrength

envision

setaside撇开（不顾,取消,放弃,保留）$70billiontofinancethewaronterror

ballooning非法操纵价格entitlement

healthoutlay费用,经费,支出v.花费

slashing削减paymentstohealth-care

insolvency破产

10-29

thrownintotheshade使逊色（使相形见绌,使黯然无光）

sb.droppedoutoftherace

quixotica.唐吉诃德式的,不切实际的；

isloathedbythebusinessestablishment.

Iamloathtogoonsuchshortnotice.我不愿这么急急忙忙就走

Monotonous单调的

callsforaconstitutionalbanonabortionandhomosexualmarriage.

putmoreemphasisonpoverty,inabidtowinMrEdwards'

svoters

conservativepopulists老保守派和民粹人士

咬紧牙关grittedherteeth

givingimmigrantstherighttoearncitizenship

Thereisgoodreasonforthinking充足的理由

exacerbate加重（使...恶化,激怒）

Theeconomyissputtering.Employmentisfaltering.Housepricesaredipping.

beenshoweredwith大量给予；

备受称赞dancerwasshoweredwithpraise

redesignacity'

sbusservicesfromscratch从头开始；

peasantagriculture农民经济

showlittleinclinationtoreproduce

offspring子孙,后代,产物headtothecities

precarious不确定的,危险的

tedious沉闷的,单调乏味的

ruralblissisprecarious,isolated,andtedious.

optforwageemployment

theirmodeofproductionisillsuitedtomodernagriculturalproduction,

privateprovision私营化；

私人提供

publicprovision公共提供

consumerfoodfashionsarefast-changingandbestmetbyintegratedmarketingchains

leery机敏的,细心的；

戒心

beenleeryofcommercialagriculture

wasleeryofaggressivesalespeople.小心警惕地对待那些殷勤的推销员

anaggressiveyoungexecutive.一个进取心很强的年轻管理人员

enclosuremovement圈地运动

agriculturalinnovationishighlysensitivetolocalconditions

benefitsarenotfully