中文
德国模式有很多令人艳羡的地方。和谐的劳资关系一直是该国经济表现出众的主要原因。公司可以放心投资，不必担忧工会的要挟。政府则是通过为本国备受推崇的职业培训体系提供资助而发挥作用。
我的译文
There are somewhere enviable in the German model. Harmonious relationship between employers and employees is always behind its outstanding economic performance. Enterprises can make investment as they want, without worring threats from the Union. Government exert their functions by financing the renowned vocational training system nationwide.
经济学人原文
There is much to envy in Germany’s model. Harmony between firms and workers has been one of the main reasons for the economy’s outperformance. Firms could invest free from the worry that unions would hold them to ransom. The state played its part by sponsoring a system of vocational training that is rightly admired.
原文中惊艳到自己的地方
📌用词精妙
👉outperformance
noun
BrE//ˌaʊtpəˈfɔːməns//;NAmE//ˌaʊtpərˈfɔːrməns//
[uncountable](business)
the fact of achieving better results than somebody/something
the outperformance of the Australian dollar relative to other currencies
👉ransom
/ˈrænsəm/noun
[C, U]
money that is paid to sb so that they will set free a person who is being kept as a prisoner by them 赎金
The kidnappers demanded a ransom of ￡50 000 from his family.绑架者向他的家人索要赎金 5 万英镑。
a ransom demand/ note索要赎金的要求╱通知
ransom money赎金
They are refusing to pay ransom for her release.他们拒绝支付赎金来解救她。
IDM hold sb to 'ransom
1.to keep sb as a prisoner and demand that other people pay you an amount of money before you set them free将…绑票
2.(disapproving)to take action that puts sb in a very difficult situation in order to force them to do what you want胁迫；要挟
—more at KING
ransom
/ˈrænsəm/verb
[VN]to pay money to sb so that they will set free the person that they are keeping as a prisoner（为某人）交付赎金
The kidnapped children were all ransomed and returned home unharmed.被绑架的儿童在交付了赎金后均安然回到家中。
自己用这个表达造的句子
There is much to envy in America’s film industry. Harmony between producers and regulators has been one of the main reasons for Hollywood’s outperformance. Producers can make films free from the worry that film censorship would hold them to ransom, thanks to the rating system.
