TE-20211023-ECONOMICS-20211123 Flashcards
疫情让大量的观察员们没有头绪。
The pandemic has made plenty of observers look clueless.
几乎没有人预测过油价会破80美元，更不要说预测到大量集装箱货运船会排队等在加利福尼亚和中国的港口。
Few predicted $80 oil, let alone fleets of container ships waiting outside Californian and Chinese ports
2020年伴随着疫情肆虐
乐队充满激情地表演了他们新唱片中的一首单曲。
把吉他的音量调到最大，尽情欢乐吧。
As covid19 let rip in 2020,
let rip 尽情地做;忘乎所以地做;用尽力气做;迅速地做;强有力地做;(车辆)全速前进，开足马力
The group let rip with a single from their new album.
乐队充满激情地表演了他们新唱片中的一首单曲。
Turn the guitars up full and let rip
把吉他的音量调到最大，尽情欢乐吧。
没人能肯定通胀和工资是否将螺旋式上涨
nobody is sure if inflation and wages will spiral upward.
经济学家们用上了所有公式和理论，还是在黑暗中摸索
For all their equations and theories , economists
are often fumbling in the dark
她在她口袋里胡乱摸找手帕。
他笨手笨脚地摆弄他衬衣上的纽扣。
她摸黑找电灯开关。
他笨拙地把钥匙插进汽车点火开关。
fumble (at/with/in sth) (for sth) | ~ (around)
笨手笨脚地做（某事）；胡乱摸找（某物）
to use your hands in an awkward way when you are doing sth or looking for sth
[V] She fumbled in her pocket for a handkerchief.
她在她口袋里胡乱摸找手帕。
He fumbled with the buttons on his shirt.
他笨手笨脚地摆弄他衬衣上的纽扣。
She was fumbling around in the dark looking for the light switch.
她摸黑找电灯开关。
[VN] He fumbled the key into the ignition.
他笨拙地把钥匙插进汽车点火开关。
启蒙的光将冲破困惑。
the age of bewilderment is starting to give way to greater enlightenment
世界经济正处于实时改革之中。
The world is on the brink of a realtime revolution in economics.
濒于崩溃 / 战争 / 死亡 / 灾难
科学家很快就会有新的重大发现。
他使公司起死回生。
BRINK
（新的、危险的，或令人兴奋的处境的）边缘，初始状态
if you are on the brink of sth, you are almost in a very new, dangerous or exciting situation
on the brink of collapse/war/death/disaster
濒于崩溃 / 战争 / 死亡 / 灾难
Scientists are on the brink of making a major new discovery.
科学家很快就会有新的重大发现。
He’s pulled the company back from the brink (= he has saved it from disaster) .
他使公司起死回生。
多少人一直在追“”
他每天晚上都泡电视。
她目不转睛地盯着屏幕。
动弹不得；吓呆了；惊呆了
how many people are glued to “Squid Game”.
be glued to sth
(informal) 全神贯注看着某物；离某物很近
to give all your attention to sth; to stay very close to sth
He spends every evening glued to the TV.
他每天晚上都泡电视。
Her eyes were glued to the screen (= she did not stop watching it) .
她目不转睛地盯着屏幕。
glued to the spot
动弹不得；吓呆了；惊呆了
not able to move, for example because you are frightened or surprised
结果目前仍是基础性的
有些恐龙只有未充分长成的牙齿。
The results are still rudimentary
(formal or technical 术语) 未充分发展的；原始的 not highly or fully developed 同义词： basic Some dinosaurs had only rudimentary teeth. 有些恐龙只有未充分长成的牙齿。
随着数字设备、传感器和快捷支付方式变得无处不在
as digital devices, sensors and fast payments become ubiquitous,
(formal or humorous) 似乎无所不在的；十分普遍的
seeming to be everywhere or in several places at the same time; very common
这也打开了公共机构更好地决策的前景，再者就是政府进行干预的??
That holds open the promise of better public sector
decision making—as well as the temptation for governments to meddle
(hold open这个用法挺好的但这句咋翻)
