1. build a presence 建立了一个立足点
2. spate 一连串
a spate of terrorist attacks in Europe
3. sb relates to sth stronly/intensely 深有共鸣
4. regular people 普通人
5. self-sustaining upswing 自我维持的上升势头
6. a distress signal 求救信号（航海航天领域）
7. war is winding down 战争已接近尾声
8. wealth divide 贫富差距
9. weekend retreat/getaway 周末休闲好去处
10. went head-to-head with 争锋相对
11. what happens tell us 历史告诉我们
12. what is all about 真谛，本质
13. what is going on 现状
14. wining and dining 享受美酒和美食
15. with a lot of intercity driving 在从一个城市前往另一个城市的道路上
16. with offices in Cambridge and ..设有多个办事处
17. with stakes in 持有..的股份
18. with the launch of 在。。发起之际
19. without giving them regulatory force 但没有为此提供监管力量
20. without naming specific companies 但没有点具体公司的名
21. would be difficult to overstate 难以言表
22. the University of California at San Diego 美国加州大学圣地亚哥分校
23. under the auspices of 在。。的主办/支持下
24. unexpected events 意外事件
25. universal problem 普遍的问题
26. 20 years from now 二十年来
27. awaken sb to do 使认识到
28. taken the lead this year by saying 在今年率先表示
29. temper my character 磨练品质
30. terribly sorry 非常抱歉
31. test tube 试管
32. that is who we are 那就是我们的本质
33. That is why 鉴于上述原因
34. That’s par for 这是常有的事
35. the eldest daughter 长女
36. the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation 外经贸部
37. the Natural Resources Defense Council 自然资源保护委员会
38. The potential bans 可能出台的禁令
39. there is overwhelmimg evidence 有大量的证据表明
40. things are getting tough 情势
41. thousands of 成千上万名
42. throw support behind sth 支持
43. trade-off 代价
44. turned their backs on 冷眼相看
45. 100,000-square-foot 10万平方英尺
46. row house 排屋 [美国英语]
A row house is one of a row of similar houses that are joined together by both of their side walls.
47. take aback 使惊讶; 迷惑
to astonish or disconcert
48. lo and behold 你瞧（表示惊讶的感叹词）
49. Advanced Placement 大学预修课
50. black ice 黑冰; 路面上一层透明而很难看清楚的薄冰
51. progeny ['prɒdʒənɪ] (人的)后裔; (动物的)后代
52. 脱贫摘帽 lifted out of poverty
53. easy peasy 小菜一碟
54. snuff out 消除; 扼杀
And its attempts to open a subsidiary have been quickly snuffed out.
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