Trump pulls punches at global summit, making nice with foes and avoiding feuds.
pull (one's) punches 收回拳头；留有余地（常用于否定）
eg. a sharp-tongued critic who doesn't pull his punches 毫不留情
make nice with sb （虚伪地）对某人友好
foe 敌人，仇敌（非常书面、文学化）
eg. I can't tell whether he is friend or foe.
feud /fjuːd/ 长期不和，争吵不休 eg. family feud 世仇
President Donald Trump managed to spend two days in the company of world leaders he has long antagonized without any visible eruptions.
in the company of sb 和某人一起
antagonize 使...生气，引起...敌对
eg. The company doesn't want to antagonize one of its biggest oil suppliers.
He curtailed his ambitions by canceling his meeting with Putin, and made nice with the European leader he most regularly trashes...
curtail （在数量、程度上）缩减；限制 （比 reduce 等词更正式）
eg. curtail expenses 缩减支出 Civil liberties were curtailed. 限制公民自由。
trash v. 抨击，谴责
Trump's self-restraint continued as he answered a few questions from reporters. ... When one asked whether he had any regrets about his past criticisms of Bush and his family, Trump paused for a moment and then decided not to engage.
self-restraint n. 自我克制
engage v. 参加，参与
...but Trump and some of his advisers are hostile to the concept of group decision-making. So Trump's assent to the joint statement of G-20 leaders reflected a compromise.
hostile 怀有敌意的 be hostile to sth
assent n. 同意，赞成 give one's assent to sth
joint statement 联合声明
compromise 妥协，折衷 reach a compromise， make compromises
... but includes a critique of the World Trade Organization, a body Trump rails against.
body 团体，机构
rail against/at/about （强烈或反复地）抱怨，责骂某事
The worry was that things could unravel, so there was a retraction of ambition from the other democratic leaders. They are worried about him creating a fuss over attempts to forge cooperation...
unravel v. 揭开，阐明；崩溃，瓦解
retraction 撤销，收回
eg. He demanded a full retraction of the allegations against him.
fuss n. 大吵大闹，发牢骚 make a fuss over sth 对...大放厥词
forge 形成，缔造（关系）[正式用语] forge a relationship with sb
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