经济学人下载:欧盟的最高职位(2)

1.box-ticking 走过场
Our modern passion for fact-collection and box-ticking rather than a deep comprehension of the world around us would have horrified him too.
他大概也会对我们现在对于收集信息、逐项检查，而缺乏对我们周身世界深刻理解的热情感到恐惧。
2.be bedevilled by 长期搅扰
His career was bedevilled by injury.
他的事业深受伤痛的困扰。
3.parcel out 分配，把…分成几份
But if you're unhappy with my methods, maybe you should parcel out the job to someone else.
但如果你对我的方法感到不高兴，或许你应该把这任务分配给其他人。
4.line up 安排(比赛、活动等)，组织准备(人员)
She lined up executives, politicians and educators to serve on the board of directors.
她组织行政领导、政界人物和教育家们担任董事会成员。
5.horse-trading 精明的交易
an adroit piece of political horse-trading by Senator Orrin Hatch.
参议员奥林·哈奇一手操纵的一笔精明的政治交易。
6.wind down 逐步减少(业务或活动等直至停止)
Aid workers have begun winding down their operation.
援助工作人员已开始逐步减少他们的工作。