The Economist - Nov. 20, 2021

Question 1

intersect

/ˌɪntərˈsekt/

Answer 1

vi. 相交，交集,交叉
vt. 横断，横切；贯穿

Mr Biden called for cooperation “where our interests intersect”, including on climate change.

Question 2

stability

/stəˈbɪləti/

Answer 2

n. 稳定（性），稳固（性）；坚定，恒心

America’s national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, said the two leaders had agreed to “look to begin to carry forward discussions on strategic stability”

Question 3

propagandist

/ˌprɑːpəˈɡændɪst/

Answer 3

n. 宣传者；传播者
adj. 宣传的；传道的

China’s propagandists take aim at South-East Asia’s Chinese diaspora

Question 4

diaspora

/daɪˈæspərə/

Answer 4

n. 离散的犹太人；犹太人的离散
n. （某一民族的）大移居; 大流散; 流落他乡

China’s propagandists take aim at South-East Asia’s Chinese diaspora.

At least 30m members of the Chinese diaspora, 60-70% of the total, live in South East Asia.

Question 5

ancestral

/ænˈsestrəl/

Answer 5

adj. 祖先的；祖传的

He maintains few direct connections to his ancestral home and has complicated feelings about it.

Question 6

oppression

/əˈpreʃn/

Answer 6

n. 压迫，压制；压迫手段；郁闷，压抑

The protests in Hong K ong and the oppression of the Uyghurs, an ethnic minority , are “ China’s domestic issues” .

Question 7

ethnic minority

/ˈeθnɪk/

Answer 7

少数民族

The protests in Hong K ong and the oppression of the Uyghurs, an ethnic minority , are “ China’s domestic issues” .

Question 8

bang on about

/bæŋ/

Answer 8

（非正式）喋喋不休

American politicians who bang on about the Chinese state’s humanrights abuses are, in this view, hypocrites.

Question 9

hypocrite

/ˈhɪpəkrɪt

Answer 9

n. 伪君子，伪善者

American politicians who bang on about the Chinese state’s humanrights abuses are, in this view, hypocrites.

Question 10

sophisticated

/səˈfɪstɪkeɪtɪd/

Answer 10

adj. 见多识广的，老练的，见过世面的；复杂巧妙的，先进的，精密的；水平高的，在行的；时尚的，精致的
v. 使老于世故；使（设备、技术等）更复杂先进；（老练地）讲话（或推理）（sophisticate 的过去式和过去分词形式）

They are the targets of increasingly sophisticated
Chinese state-sponsored influence operations.

Question 11

rejuvenation

/rɪˌdʒuːvəˈneɪʃn/

Answer 11

n. [地质][水文] 回春，返老还童；复壮，恢复活力

They have an important role to play in what the party calls China’s “great rejuvenation”.

Question 12

vector

/ˈvektər/

Answer 12

n. 载体; 矢量；带菌者；航线

Jacob Wallis of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute , a think-tank, thinks that “the CCP sees the diaspora as a powerful vector of influence”

Question 13

proving ground

/ˈpruːvɪŋ ɡraʊnd/

Answer 13

n. 试验场，检验场

“China sees it as an easy proving ground,”

Question 14

tentacle

/ˈtentəkl/

Answer 14

n. 触手，[动] 触须，[动] 触角

“Wherever the readers are, wherever the viewers are, that is where propaganda reports must extend their tentacles ,” said Xi Jinping, China’s president, in 2015.

Question 15

Prominent

/ˈprɑːmɪnənt/

Answer 15

adj. 著名的；重要的，显眼的，突出的；突起的，高耸的

Prominent state media like cctv are broadcast in every South East Asian country .

Question 16

cash-strapped

Answer 16

adj. 资金短缺的；财政困难的

Some, including Xinhua, a government news agency, have struck attractive content-sharing deals with cash-strapped local newspapers , wire services and television broadcasters in Vietnam, Laos and
Thailand.

Question 17

strapped

/stræpt/

Answer 17

adj. 缺钱的，手头拮据的

Question 18

strap

/stræp/

Answer 18

n. 带子，皮带；铁皮条，金属带，铰链片；鞭打（the strap）；拉手吊带，拉手吊环
v. （用带子）束住，捆绑；用绷带包扎（伤口）；用皮鞭抽打，鞭打

watch strap 表带手表上的手镯式的带或皮带

Question 19

struck

/strʌk/

Answer 19

v.（strike的过去式和过去分词） 达成（协议，妥协）

Some, including Xinhua, a government news agency, have struck attractive content-sharing deals with cash-strapped local newspapers , wire services and television broadcasters in Vietnam, Laos and
Thailand.

Question 20

muzzle

/ˈmʌzl/

Answer 20

vt. 封锁……的言论; 使……缄默；给……戴口套；
n. 枪口，炮口；(给动物戴的）口套；

Chinese-language outlets in Malaysia are muzzling journalists who do not toe the CCP line.

Question 21

disinformation

/ˌdɪsˌɪnfərˈmeɪʃn/

Answer 21

n. 故意的假情报；虚假信息

China also spreads disinformation。

Question 22

regurgitate

/rɪˈɡɜːrdʒɪteɪt/

Answer 22

vi. 回流；回涌；反胃；反刍
vt. 使回流；使回涌；使反刍

found that during the mass unrest in Hong K ong in 2019, mainstream Chinese-language media in Malaysia regurgitated false reports from Chinese state media claiming that protesters threw Molotov cocktails at school buses.