【动词搭配】

[^1]: reassess their place 重新估计位置

[^2]: reappraise their positions 重新估计位置

[^3]: take **painstaking** steps 采取小心谨慎的措施 （needing a lot of care, effort and attention to detail）

[^4]: **swap** rumours  传播流言(an act of exchanging one thing for another)

[^5]: **venture** to do 敢于做某事（dare to do something or go somewhere that may be dangerous or unpleasant）

[^6]: flesh out signals 充实信号（to give body or substance to; fill or round out; complete:）

[^7]: As is their wont 如平常一样

[^8]: go viral 火了

[^9]: broach the idea 提出这个概念（raise (a sensitive or difficult subject) for discussion）

[^10]: boss sb. around 颐指气使（act like a bossy boss）

[^11]: bolster self-assurance 增强自信（support or strengthen; prop up）

[^12]: disavow legal victory 不承认法律上的胜利（to state publicly that you have no knowledge of sth or that you are not responsible for sth/sb）

[^13]: eschew close ties 避开亲密关系 （deliberately avoid using; abstain from）

[^14]: is due to convene a grand summit 计划召开大型峰会（expected at or planned for at a certain time）（call people together for (a meeting)）

[^15]: bent on overthrowing things 决意推翻（determined to do or have）

[^16]: intent on grabbing global control 打算获取全球控制权（obtain or get sth. quickly）

[^17]: comply with decisions 遵循决定（(of a person or group) act in accordance with a wish or command）

[^18]: is resistant to change 抵制改变

[^19]: echo president's desire 回应，反响

[^20]: dismantle climate policies 废除环境政策（to end an organization or system gradually in an organized way）

[^21]: assume/shoulder/undertake responsibility 承担责任

【常用术语】

[^a]: the assembled throng 聚集的一群人（a crowd of people）

[^b]: subject matter 主题

[^c]: main mouthpiece 主要代言人（贬义）

[^d]: constraint on ambitions 限制其志向

[^e]: lingua franca 共同语