TheEconomist.2025.10.11

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TheEconomist.2025.10.11

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  • 作者: Kovid Goyal
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China’s industrial largesse may cost it $370bn a year in lost output

📌 For all that, China’s leaders may not overly fret that industrial policies are creating vast amounts of waste. In their eyes, leadership and self-sufficiency in vaunted sectors are incredibly important globally.

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China’s H-1B-visa alternative excites interest abroad—but fury at home

📌 China | China’s new K-visaChina’s H-1B-visa alternative excites interest abroad—but fury at homeAmerica’s loss could be China’s gain in the war

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📌 This month China opened its doors to bright young things via a new visa—bold in vision but scant in detail—in a bid for global tech talent.

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📌 The scheme has played well abroad. But at home the backlash has been furious. That is partly because of high anxiety among young Chinese struggling to find jobs.

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📌 prospect
💭 prospect | ˈpräˌspek(t) |
noun

  1. the possibility or likelihood of some future event occurring
  • there was no prospect of a reconciliation
  • training that offered a prospect of continuous employment.
    • [in singular] a mental picture of a future or anticipated event: moving to a new home a long distance away can be a worrying prospect.
    • (usually prospects) chances or opportunities for success or wealth: the poor prospects for the steel industry.
  1. a person regarded as likely to succeed or as a potential customer, client, etc.
  • clients deemed likely prospects for active party membership
  • a great young pitching prospect.
    • a place likely to yield mineral deposits: additional exploration prospects have been identified in this area.
  1. an extensive view of landscape: a viewpoint commanding a magnificent prospect of the estuary.

verb [no object]
search for mineral deposits in a place, especially by means of experimental drilling and excavation

  • the company is also prospecting for gold.
    • (prospect for) look out for; search for: the responsibilities of salespeople to prospect for customers.
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📌 The policy will probably help China attract more haigui, or sea turtles, the overseas Chinese who return after studying and working abroad.

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📌 An opened door is not the same as an organised welcome.

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Chinese officials boast a god’s-eye view of towns from above


📌 STOREY
💭 storeyed
(BrE) (NAmE -storied) (in adjectives 构成形容词) (of a building 楼房) having the number of levels mentioned 有…层的

  • a four-storeyed building四层楼房
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📌 left to their own devices
💭 leave sb to their own deˈvices
to leave sb alone to do as they wish, and not tell them what to do 听任某人自行其是；对某人不加干涉

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📌 grassroots
💭 grassroots
BrE /ˌɡrɑːs ˈruːts/ NAmE /ˌɡræs ˈruːts/
noun
[plural] (also grass·roots, the grass roots)
ordinary people in society or in an organization, rather than the leaders or people who make decisions 基层民众；平民百姓；草根

  • the grass roots of the party党的基层成员
  • We need support at grass-roots level. 我们需要基层的支持。
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📌 speaking on condition of anonymity

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📌 In other words, local officials should resolve—and, if necessary, suppress—issues by themselves rather than just sending them up the chain of command.

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📌 suppress
💭 sup·press
BrE /səˈpres/ NAmE /səˈpres/
verb

  1. ~ sth (usually disapproving) (of a government, ruler, etc. 政府、统治者等) to put an end, often by force, to a group or an activity that is believed to threaten authority 镇压；（武力）平定；压制 SYN quash
  • The rebellion was brutally suppressed. 叛乱遭到了残酷的镇压。
  1. ~ sth (usually disapproving) to prevent sth from being published or made known 禁止（发表）；查禁；封锁
  • The police were accused of suppressing vital evidence. 警方被指隐瞒关键证据。
  1. ~ sth to prevent yourself from having or expressing a feeling or an emotion 抑制；控制；忍住
  • to suppress a smile忍住不笑
  • She was unable to suppress her anger. 她按捺不住怒火。
  1. ~ sth to prevent sth from growing, developing or continuing 压制；阻止；抑制
  • drugs that suppress the appetite抑制食欲的药
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📌 piloted
💭 pilot
BrE /ˈpaɪlət/ NAmE /ˈpaɪlət/
verb

  1. ~ sth to fly an aircraft or guide a ship; to act as a pilot 驾驶（航空器）；领航（船只）
  • The plane was piloted by the instructor. 飞机由教练员驾驶。
  • The captain piloted the boat into a mooring. 船长把船驶向泊位。
  1. ~ sth (through sth) to guide sb/sth somewhere, especially through a complicated place or system 引导；使通过（尤指复杂的地方或系统）
  • She piloted a bill on the rights of part-time workers through parliament. 她几经周折终于使兼职人员权利法案在议会中得以通过。
  1. ~ sth to test a new product, idea, etc. with a few people or in a small area before it is introduced everywhere 试点；试行
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