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1.sunder:分裂ALWAYS incredible, Pakistans governing coalition sundered on Monday August 25th when its second biggest component, the Pakistan Muslim League (N) walked out. 2.fold: to close because it is not successful 倒闭,结束With its other smaller allies, the PPP-led government will not fold.3.best: vt. 打败,剩过If so, Mr Zardari might be seen to have bested both Pervez Musharraf.4.discredited: 名誉扫地He is among Pakistans most discredited politicians.5. amnesty: 大赦He received a controversial amnesty from these charges last year.6. swollen powers:膨胀的权力He assumes the swollen powers Mr Musharraf grabbed for the post.7. on a whim: 一时冲动,心血来潮.,which would allow him to dissolve parliament on a whim.8. divest sth. of sth.:摆脱,丢弃Mr Zardari has promised to divest the presidency of its dictatorial powers after he is elected.9. shore up:支撑,稳住To shore up his strength, Mr Sharif will try to woo the support of Mr Musharrafs erstwhile allies, the Pakistan Muslim League (Q),.10. woo the support: 争取支持11. alternate in power:轮流当权In the 1990s, Mr Sharif and Ms Bhutto alternated in power.12. draw a line: 划界线，区分Obama seems to many, by reason of his race, his calm intelligence, his youthful good looks and his powerful oratorical skills, to be well suited to draw a line beneath the bitter Bush years and to repair Americas torn relationship with the outside world. 13. pundit: 权威One prominent pundit was much derided earlier this year for describing the tingle he got from listening to the candidatebut everyone knew exactly what he meant. 14. deride: 取笑15. tingle: an exciting or uncomfortable feeling of emotion 震颤16. an army of.:大批But Mr Obama ran a brilliant campaign, using the internet to harness the energy and the donations of an army of volunteers, and deploying them with tactical skill in almost every state.17. touch off: 引起,触发He managed the firestorm touched off by his intemperate pastor, Jeremiah Wright, with dignity and, eventually, ruthlessness.18. gain ground:占据优势In the battleground states which will determine the result, Mr McCain has steadily been gaining ground.19. bear sb./sth. out: 证实If the polls are borne out, the result, as in 2000 and 2004, will be nerve-janglingly close. 20. nerve-janglingly: 神经焦躁不安地She was suddenly wide awake, her nerves jangling.21. aloof:冷漠，冷淡Others find him unattractively self-regarding and aloof.22. flip-flopping: 出尔反尔，改变观点Many resent his apparent flip-flopping on important issues, like gun-control and whether or not to talk to Iran and Syria, as well as less important ones, like whether to wear a flag pin. 23. allay:减轻（情绪）From the moment of his coronation in Denver, Mr Obama will have 68 days to allay these doubts.24. mitigate:减轻，缓和/alleviateThere is not much he can do about his thin r閟um?or his lack of foreign-policy and security expertise, though he can mitigate the latter somewhat with an astute choice of running mate.25. tone down:（讲话，意见）缓和，温和Mr Obama could certainly tone down the triumphalism: opting to make his acceptance speech not in the convention hall but in a 75,000-seater sports stadium seems like another mistake, akin to his hubristic rock-stars tour of Europe. 26. waffle:拿不定主意，三心二意He needs to be a lot clearer and firmer about how he will deal with Americas foes and rivals: his first instinct when Russia invaded Georgia was to waffle.27. bogus:假的，伪造的A bad deal may well be worse than no deal, if it lets Mr Mugabe stay in power, with Mr Tsvangirais lot as supplicant（恳求者） partners in a government of bogus unity.28. blandishments: 因有所求而说的好话Mr Tsvangirai should resist the blandishments of Thabo Mbeki, the South African president, who has been trying to mediate an agreement that would in effect leave Mr Mugabe and his thugs in charge. 29. ceremonial president: 礼节性的总统Mr Tsvangirai and his Movement for Democratic Change have suggested that Mr Mugabe should become a ceremonial president and Mr Tsvangirai an executive prime minister in a transitional period before fresh elections are held.30. destitution:贫穷，赤贫(destitute of sth.: lacking sth.)He will become an unwitting agent for perpetuating the cruel and venal（贪赃枉法的） order that has turned Zimbabwe from an African bread basket into a husk of destitution.31. bow out: 退出，告别But Mr Mugabe and his security men, who could end up in the International Criminal Court at The Hague if he bowed out, do not see it that way at all. 32. doggedly:顽强地，坚持不懈地But why should Mr Mugabe co-operate in his own demise? Other dictators, such as North Koreas Kim Jong-il, remain doggedly（顽强地） in power, sealed off from their pauperised people.33. pauperised:穷人，贫民34. flagging: 变弱，热情衰减He must revitalize a flagging economy.35. turn the corner:脱离困境，度过难关He must reduce energy dependence and turn the corner on the truly existential issue of climate change.36. unwieldy: 难控制的，尾大不掉的To make progress on this daunting agenda, the president must master and control a sprawling, unwieldy federal bureaucracy that is always resistant to change and sometimes dysfunctional.37. lay out: 清晰谨慎地提出，策划（计划、论点等）A successful president must identify meaningful yet achievable goals, lay them out clearly before the nation and the world, and then achieve them through leadership skills that will be tested by pressures unimaginable to anyone who has not held the job.38. overarching:非常重要的，概莫能外的Still, there is a need to define a broad overarching concept of the United States national interests.39. strengthen his hand: 加强他的作用The president should address both issues as early as possible in order to strengthen his hand as he tackles pressing strategic issues, including the five neighboring countries at the center of the arc of crisis that directly threatens the United States national security - Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. 40. condone:宽容,纵容Presidential directives making clear that the U.S. government does not tolerate or condone torture are necessary in order to separate the new administration from that costly legacy. 41. albatross:信天翁，惹麻烦的事Guant醤amo must not become the next presidents albatross, too; closing it, no matter how difficult, is not just desirable but imperative.42. immutable: 永恒不变，一尘不变 (unchangeable)History is not immutable.43. inexorably: 不可阻挡的，无法改变的Rome, imperial China, Venice, France, the Netherlands, Portugal, the United Kingdom - all had their day, and their international decline followed inexorably from their economic decline.44. wean sb. off/from sth. 使逐渐戒除恶习（或避免依赖）Suppose high oil prices continue for, say, another decade - a gloomy but not unreasonable scenario given the long lead-time required to wean the consuming nations off their expensive habit.45. ostensibly: 表面上的There is a well-known example of this, although the West seems not to have learned any lessons from it: Saudi Arabia, which, although it has long worked with Washington to bolster world oil output and keep prices within an acceptable range, has simultaneously allowed billions of (ostensibly nongovernmental) dollars to go toward building extremist madrasahs and funding terrorist organizations, including al Qaeda. 46. arrears:欠款，未付清的款项Obama would improve and reform the organization in ways that would serve the United States interests, starting by asking Congress to pay the arrears that have grown once again, under Bush, to over $1 billion.47. the jaws of victory: 胜利的果实 (usually the jaws of death, defeat etc. meaning 鬼门关，失败的险境) McCain charges that his opponents position (which he and his supporters often misrepresent as precipitous withdrawal) would snatch defeat from the jaws of victory, encourage the United States enemies, and weaken the nation.48. armistice agreement: 停战协议Using as his model South Korea, where 28,500 American forces remain 55 years after the armistice agreement, McCain said that he was ready to station U.S. troops in Iraq for at least that long, if not longer, even a hundred years. 49. xenophobic: 仇外的Such a multidecade commitment, even under peaceful conditions, is inconceivable in the xenophobic and violent atmosphere of the Middle East.50. stand/turn sth. on its head: 使人完全改变思路,使人从反面思考Obama stands McCains core argument on its head. 51. a phased withdrawal: 分阶段撤军And the only effective way to apply this pressure is to begin a phased withdrawal of U.S. forces.52. rebuff:粗暴拒绝If Tehran rebuffs an opportunity to have meaningful talks with Washington, it will increase its own isolation and put itself under greater international pressure, while the United States will improve its own standing.53. take the helm:掌管,担任领导人It can still take the helm in addressing the worlds most pressing problems. 54. take precedence over: 优先于National interest must take precedence over statements made in the heat of a campaign.55. Chinas twin priorities: 中国的两个重点Chinas twin priorities: territorial integrity and economic growth.56. inextricable: 密不可分的But the inextricable interdependence of Chinas growth and that of the global economy requires a policy of engagement.57. through an economic lens: 从经济的角度Washington understands, for example, that robust and sustained economic growth is a social imperative for China and that Beijing views its international interactions primarily through an economic lens.58. an umbrella of support: 保护伞Reform progresses best when an umbrella of support at the top facilitates change at lower levels.59. thin social safety net: 薄弱的社会保障网On the other hand, household savings are high, as individual Chinese try to compensate for the countrys thin social safety net, limited options to finance major expenditures such as education, and few investment options other than bank deposits. 60. grapple with.: 争执不休Meanwhile, even as the United States and other countries grapple with multilateral treaty negotiations on climate change, the SED has focused its bilateral discussions on the costs of climate change to the United States and China.61. ramification: 后果The ramifications of Chinas energy policies have been a consistent topic of discussion at the SED, and I have encouraged the Chinese government to move toward a market-determin