Feb. 5, 2020
1-wisdom 一般观点,普遍看法
2-meltdown 崩溃
Before 2008, the conventional western wisdom had been that sooner or later China would suffer a big economic meltdown.
3-pertain to 关于
This is the story, as pertaining to the last decade, of the most remarkable economic transformation in human history.
4-come to terms with 勉强接受,对……妥协
5-kaleidoscope 万花筒
6-dismissal 不屑
Unsurprisingly the west is finding the phenomenon difficult to come to terms with, displaying a kaleidoscope of emotions from denial, dismissal and condemnation to respect, appreciation and admiration, though there is presently much more of the former than the latter.
7-match 比得上
The west believed that China would for long remain essentially defined by imitation, unable to match the west's capacity for innovation.
8-formidably 强大地
But China has proven itself to have formidably innovative economy.
9-rival 与……不相上下
10-in the same league 在同一等级,梯队
Shenzhen has come to rival Silicon Valley _ while Huawei, Tencent and Alibaba can be counted in the same league with Microsoft, Google, Facebook and Amazon.
11-replica 复制品,翻版
12-deteriorate 恶化
As US-China relations continue to deteriorate, and begin to look like a new cold war, it will be no replica of the last cold war.
13-patently 显然
Then, the US was on the rise, the USSR in decline: this time the US is patently in decline and China very much on the rise.
14-equivalent 对应物
15-restrain 克制
China has historically never been competed as a military power and its rise-compared with the aggressive expansion of the UK, US, France and Germany in their equivalent stages of development-has been remarkably restrained.
16-fragmentation 分裂
17-centric 以……为中心
The next decade will see a continuing fragmentation of western-centric international system, together with the growing influence of Chinese-oriented institutions.
18-fraught 令人焦虑的,让人担忧的
The process will be uneven, unpredictable and, at times, fraught- but ultimately irresistible.
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