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经济学人下载:列克星顿专栏--搅乱德克萨斯州(3)

2020-07-09来源:Economist

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1.in a tie 打成平局

The first game ended in a tie.
第一场比赛以平局结束。

2.shore up 支撑，加固

The democracies of the West may find it hard to shore up their defences.
西方的民主国家可能发现很难加固自己的防御。

3.at most 至多

As a news item it merits a short paragraph at most.
作为一则新闻，它至多只能占一小段。