The Rise of the Great Powers
Episode review
A New Nation and a New Dream: United States
S1E10 · 新国新梦(美国·上)
Vocabulary
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| 主权 主權 | sovereignty | |
| 劳动力 勞動力 | labor force; manpower | |
| 日后 日後 | sometime; someday (in the future) | |
| 高山 高山 | high mountain; alpine mountain | |
| 一举 一舉 | a move; an action; in one move; at a stroke; in one go | |
| 废除 廢除 | to abolish; to abrogate; to repeal | |
| 兴起 興起 | to rise; to spring up; to burgeon; to be aroused; to come into vogue | |
| 起源 起源 | origin; to originate; to come from | |
| 迫害 迫害 | to persecute | |
| 开拓 開拓 | to break new ground (for agriculture); to open up (a new seam); to develop (border regions); fig. to open up (new horizons) | |
| 飞跃 飛躍 | to leap | |
| 格式 格式 | form; specification; format | |
| 促成 促成 | to facilitate; to effect | |
| 捍卫 捍衛 | to defend; to uphold; to safeguard | |
| 酝酿 醞釀 | (of alcohol) to ferment; (of a crisis) to be brewing; to mull over (an issue); to hold exploratory discussions | |
| 扶持 扶持 | to help; to assist | |
| 峡谷 峽谷 | canyon; gill; ravine | |
| 无形 無形 | incorporeal; virtual; formless; invisible (assets); intangible | |
| 空前 空前 | unprecedented | |
| 仿 仿 | to imitate; to copy | |
| 历程 歷程 | course; process | |
| 会场 會場 | meeting place; place where people gather | |
| 阶层 階層 | social class | |
| 反感 反感 | to be disgusted with; to dislike; bad reaction; antipathy | |
| 后期 後期 | late stage; later period | |
| 起草 起草 | to make a draft; to draw up (plans) | |
| 大选 大選 | general election | |
| 航行 航行 | to sail; to fly; to navigate | |
| 契约 契約 | agreement; contract | |
| 包袱 包袱 | wrapping cloth; a bundle wrapped in cloth; load; weight; burden; funny part; punchline | |
| 添加 添加 | to add; to increase | |
| 贩卖 販賣 | to sell; to peddle; to traffic | |
| 价值观 價值觀 | system of values | |
| 身影 身影 | silhouette; figure | |
| 严峻 嚴峻 | grim; severe; rigorous | |
| 跨越 跨越 | to step across; step over | |
| 资本主义 資本主義 | capitalism | |
| 正经 正經 | decent; honorable; proper; serious; according to standards | |
| 款式 款式 | pattern; style; design | |
| 称作 稱作 | to be called; to be known as | |
| 成年 成年 | to grow to adulthood; fully grown; adult; the whole year | |
| 起步 起步 | to set out; to set in motion; the start (of some activity) | |
| 领土 領土 | territory | |
| 中途 中途 | midway | |
| 掀起 掀起 | to lift; to raise (a lid etc); (of a storm) to surge; to stir up (waves etc); (fig.) to trigger; set off (a wave of popularity, a controversy etc) | |
| 虚拟 虛擬 | to imagine; to make up; fictitious; theoretical; hypothetical; (computing) to emulate; (computing) virtual | |
| 氛围 氛圍 | ambience; atmosphere | |
| 生效 生效 | to take effect; to go into effect | |
| 税收 稅收 | taxation | |
| 享有 享有 | to enjoy (rights, privileges etc) |