经济学人下载:总能逆风翻盘的欧盟怎么折在了疫情上?(2)

 1. Likewise, last year’s decision to give the European Commission sole responsibility for buying and sharing out covid-19 vaccines for 450m people has been a buck-passing disaster.

buck-passing 推卸责任

The danger always is of rivalry between the two institutions and buck-passing.

而危险往往在于两家机构之间的对立和互相推诿责任。

2. The project was handled chiefly by the commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, who gleefully called the decision to expand her empire a “European success story”.

success story 获得巨大成功的人(或事物)

The car has been General Motors' most visible success story, with sales far exceeding expectations

那种车是通用汽车公司有目共睹最成功的车型，销量远远超过预期。