TheEconomist.2025.08.23
TheEconomist.2025.08.23
- 作者: Kovid Goyal
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笔记
The world this week
📌 Caribbean
💭 加勒比海
- ⏱ 2025-08-23 00:04:19 ^19836794-82BeaaOVO
Hong Kong’s courtroom dramas
📌 courtroom
💭 n. 法庭;审判室
- ⏱ 2025-08-25 19:33:56 ^19836794-82FvnRFdt
📌 Jimmy Lai
💭 黎智英(英语:Jimmy Lai Chee-ying;1947年12月8日—),绰号“肥佬黎”,香港企业家及社会运动人士,佐丹奴、壹传媒、苹果日报创办人。如今正被指控“串谋勾结外国势力”等《国安法》控罪。
- ⏱ 2025-08-25 20:00:42 ^19836794-82Fx8x8ac
📌 mogul
💭 mogul
BrE /ˈməʊɡl/ NAmE /ˈmoʊɡl/
noun
a very rich, important and powerful person 大亨;有权势的人
SYN magnate
- ⏱ 2025-08-25 19:34:47 ^19836794-82FvrjFGF
📌 fled
💭 flee
flees; fled /ˈflɛd/ ; fleeing
1
[no object] : to run away from danger逃避;逃跑
They fled for their lives. [=they fled to save their lives]
他们逃跑求生。
The family fled from Nazi Germany to Britain in 1936.
这家人于1936年从纳粹德国逃到英国。
2
[+ object] : to run away from (a place)逃离
He was accused of trying to flee the scene of the accident.
他被指控试图逃离事故现场。
Many people fled the city to escape the fighting.
许多人逃离这座城市以躲避这场争斗。
He was forced to flee the country.
他被迫逃离这个国家
- ⏱ 2025-08-25 19:38:12 ^19836794-82FvFa6n3
📌 fled
💭 flee
flees; fled /ˈflɛd/ ; fleeing
1
[no object] : to run away from danger逃避;逃跑
They fled for their lives. [=they fled to save their lives]
他们逃跑求生。
The family fled from Nazi Germany to Britain in 1936.
这家人于1936年从纳粹德国逃到英国。
2
[+ object] : to run away from (a place)逃离
He was accused of trying to flee the scene of the accident.
他被指控试图逃离事故现场。
Many people fled the city to escape the fighting.
许多人逃离这座城市以躲避这场争斗。
He was forced to flee the country.
他被迫逃离这个国家
- ⏱ 2025-08-25 19:34:48 ^19836794-82Fvrn7v9
📌 sedition
💭 se·di·tion
BrE /sɪˈdɪʃn/ NAmE /sɪˈdɪʃn/
noun
[uncountable] (formal)
the use of words or actions that are intended to encourage people to oppose a government 煽动叛乱的言论(或行动)
- ⏱ 2025-08-25 19:35:10 ^19836794-82FvsOYO7
📌 collusion
💭 col·lu·sion
BrE /kəˈluːʒn/ NAmE /kəˈluːʒn/
noun
[uncountable] (formal, disapproving)
secret agreement especially in order to do sth dishonest or to trick people 密谋;勾结;串通
The police were corrupt and were operating in collusion with the drug dealers. 警察腐败,与毒品贩子内外勾结。
There was collusion between the two witnesses (= they gave the same false evidence). 两个证人串通作伪证。
- ⏱ 2025-08-25 19:36:05 ^19836794-82FvwAzDy
📌 rubber-stamp parliament
💭 rubber-stamp parliament,橡皮图章议会。
rubber stamp
(disapproving) a person or group that automatically gives approval to the actions or decisions of others 履行审批手续而没有实权的人(或机构);橡皮图章
- ⏱ 2025-08-25 19:48:20 ^19836794-82FwkjY26
📌 guerrilla
💭 guerrilla noun
also guerilla /gəˈrɪlə/
plural guerrillas [count]- a member of a usually small group of soldiers who do not belong to a regular army and who fight in a war as an independent unit游击队队员
The guerrillas controlled half the country.
游击队控制了这个国家的半壁江山。
— often used before another noun常用于另一名词前
guerrilla warfare/raids/attacks
游击战/突袭/进攻- ⏱ 2025-08-25 19:55:48 ^19836794-82FwOArRS
China’s mid-year economic wobble
📌 wobble
💭 wob·ble
BrE /ˈwɒbl/ NAmE /ˈwɑːbl/
noun
[usually singular] a slight unsteady movement from side to side 松动;摇晃
The handlebars developed a wobble. 这车把松动摇晃了。
a moment when you hesitate or lose confidence about sth 犹豫不决;信心动摇
The team is experiencing a mid-season wobble. 这支队正处于赛季中期的不稳定状态。- ⏱ 2025-08-25 19:57:31 ^19836794-82FwVAu7p
A court ruling threatens to disrupt Britain’s asylum policy
📌 hostel
💭 hos·tel
BrE /ˈhɒstl/ NAmE /ˈhɑːstl/
noun
a building that provides cheap accommodation and meals to students, workers or travellers 宿舍,招待所(提供廉价食宿服务) ➡ see also youth hostel
(BrE) (also shel·ter NAmE, BrE ) a building, usually run by a charity, where people who have no home can stay for a short time 临时收容所;慈善收容所
a hostel for the homeless流浪者之家- ⏱ 2025-08-26 08:51:37 ^19836794-82GlCSGwv
- a member of a usually small group of soldiers who do not belong to a regular army and who fight in a war as an independent unit游击队队员