地道表达2 Flashcards
China’s regulator also has a logjam of more than 700 companies waiting to do IPOs.
logjam 表示阻塞，a logjam of sth表示很多东西的堆积
the Cultural Revolution is still described as having inflicted “untold disasters” on China.
inflict sth on sb，让…遭受
Mr Xi has no truck with Maoist ideas about permanent revolution.
have/hold want no truck witht 拒不接受
it fears that too much scrutiny might call into question the party’s fitness to rule.
call into question sth
call sth into question 让人质疑
Mr Xi is blowing on the embers of the conflagration that consumed China 50 years ago.
embers余烬
blow on the embers of让…死灰复燃
But debate about it still rages on the internet in China
rage on 激烈地进行中
The demolition of ancient monuments by Islamic State in the Syrian city of Palmyra was an echo of what happened in Qufu
an echo of 让人想起…
in central China, where 54 rival Red Guard groups fought it out
fight it out 决一雌雄，
while ordinary villagers were only allowed to peck at the victims’ arms and thighs.
pick at/peck at 吃一点点（因为不喜欢或者不饿）
tuck in 狼吞虎咽 gobble down
force down强迫吃下
savour细细品尝
It was also eclipsed by the numbers killed in earlier episodes of violence and calamity inflicted upon China by its Communist leaders.
be eclipsed by 被超过，不及
Ba Jin, a novelist, once called the Cultural Revolution China’s “spiritual Holocaust”—a stretch but perhaps an understandable one.
stretch 夸张，言过其实
stretch the truth
be stretching it
Many of today’s leaders spent their formative years in the Cultural Revolution.
formative years个性形成时期
Most Chinese historians have steered clear of writing about the period.
steer clear of 避开，绕开 eschew tiptoe around sidestep bypass gloss over忽略
China’s leaders, who love to celebrate anniversaries at every opportunity, will draw a veil of silence over the decade.
draw a veil (of sth )over sth 避而不谈，掩饰
America’s electoral laws are a recipe for chaos.
be a recipe for sth可能会造成……不好的结果
The growing power of online platforms is worrisome. But regulators should tread carefully
tread carefully / warily / cautiously etc
言行谨慎
The dark art of astroturfing
astroturf: a type of artificial surface that looks like grass and is used to cover fields where games such as hockey and American football are played 人造草坪，这里指影响舆论，捏造网络帖子，影响舆论的五毛党
Most of their posts gush with praise for China, the party or other symbols of the regime.
gush wish praise:
to express your praise, pleasure etc in a way that other people think is too strong
吹捧，充斥着溢美之词
The security leaks have caused a widespread furore.
furore 公愤
the straitened circumstances of post-war Japan
straitened circumstance经济拮据的
fall prey to
受到…影响，侵害
be crazed with grief
悲痛欲绝
curry favour (with somebody)
巴结，讨好
fawn on
讨好
