Dec. 28
1-schedule 安排
2-loom 逼近
TikTok leader schedules Washington trip to meet with lawmakers as investigations loom.
3-Capitol Hill
TikTok's leader, Alex Zhu, is set to pay his first known visit to Capitol Hill next week.
4-frayed 磨损的
5-inroad……into 进军
6-wary 小心的,警惕的
US-China relstions are frayed and the US officials are wary about the inroads that Chinese companies are making into the technologies where the United Srates has been the unchallenged leader.
7-lobbyist 游说议员者
8-make the rounds 四处巡游
In advance of the visit, TikTok's recently expanded team of lobbyists has made the rounds, seeking to stess that the social media app protects users' data.
9-decline 婉拒
TikTok declined to comment.
10-gilded 镀金的
11-best 打败
12-convince sb of sth 使某人信服……
13-pierce 进入
TikTok began the year as a gilded viral hitmaker, the rare new social app best far-larger rivals, convince young people of its coolness and pierce the online mainstream.
14-embattled 被困扰的,危机四伏的
15-scrutinize 仔细检查
16-pummel 捶打,重击
17-censorship 审查
But it will end the year embattled on all sides: scrutinized by regulators, pummeled by competitors, and increasingly quetioned by an audience who worried over censorship and foreign control.
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