经济学人下载:莱克星顿 政治斗争在圣诞前夕暂息

1.political combat 政治斗争

Once the capital runs out, they will face two choices: either shift to another capital-rich environment or getting involved in the complicated political combat to promote their favored projects.
一旦资金枯竭，他们还有两个选择：转移到下一个资源充足的地方，或者就地深挖，卷入复杂的政治斗争来推进自己喜欢的项目。

Now it is melting, far faster than the climate models predicted and far more decisively than any political action to combat our changing climate.
如今，它在融化，其速度比气候模型预测的速度快的多，其行动比任何应对气候变化的政治行动果断的多。

2.call for 需要；提倡；要求

A call for a vote of no-confidence in the president was rejected.
对总统进行不信任投票的请求被否决。

The Finance Minister has renewed his call for lower interest rates.
财政部长再次呼吁降低利率。
3.shut down 停工；关闭；停业

Venerable dailies such as the Tokyo Times have shut down.
像《东京时报》之类的一些有名望的日报已经停刊了。

The strike shut down 50 airports, but most international flights were unaffected.
罢工迫使50个机场关闭，但大部分国际航班并未受到影响。

4.expect to 期望

You cannot expect to like all the people you will work with.
不要指望你会喜欢所有和你共事的人。

I do expect to have some time to myself in the evenings.
我确实希望晚上能有些属于自己的时间。