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经济学人下载:刚果出租车司机皮埃尔·曼贝尔(4)

2019-08-19来源:Economist

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1.run the risk of冒...风险

Rather than run the risk of losing everything they accept his term.
他们宁可接受他的条件，也不愿冒失去一切的风险。

2.end up最终；结果

The result was that the engine ended up at the bottom of the canal.
结果引擎最终沉到了运河底。

3.in return作为报答
These are gestures of genuine friendship with no favours expected in return.
这是友谊的真正表现，不期待任何回报。

4.prefer to较喜欢
Airlines would prefer to update rather than retrain crews.
航空公司更愿意换新员工而不是对旧员工重新进行培训。