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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| 多年 多年 | many years; for many years; longstanding | |
| 担任 擔任 | to hold a governmental office or post; to assume office of; to take charge of; to serve as | |
| 移民 移民 | to immigrate; to migrate; emigrant; immigrant | |
| 从此 從此 | from now on; since then; henceforth | |
| 反映 反映 | to mirror; to reflect; mirror image; reflection; (fig.) to report; to make known; to render | |
| 各个 各個 | every; various; separately, one by one | |
| 大陆 大陸 | mainland China (reference to the PRC) | |
| 轻易 輕易 | easily; lightly; rashly | |
| 末 末 | tip; end; final stage; latter part; inessential detail; powder; dust; opera role of old man | |
| 统计 統計 | statistics; to count; to add up | |
| 财富 財富 | wealth; riches | |
| 独特 獨特 | unique; distinctive | |
| 沉默 沉默 | taciturn; uncommunicative; silent | |
| 逐渐 逐漸 | gradually | |
| 统一 統一 | to unify; to integrate; unified; integrated | |
| 亚洲 亞洲 | Asia (abbr. for 亚细亚洲) | |
| 维护 維護 | to defend; to safeguard; to protect; to uphold; to maintain | |
| 平静 平靜 | tranquil; undisturbed; serene | |
| 勇气 勇氣 | courage; valor | |
| 激烈 激烈 | (of competition or fighting) intense; fierce; (of pain) acute; (of an expression of opinion) impassioned; vehement; (of a course of action) drastic; extreme | |
| 购买 購買 | to purchase; to buy | |
| 依靠 依靠 | to rely on sth (for support etc); to depend on | |
| 度过 度過 | to pass; to spend (time); to survive; to get through | |
| 引 引 | to draw (e.g. a bow); to pull; to stretch sth; to extend; to lengthen; to involve or implicate in; to attract; to lead; to guide; to leave; to provide evidence or justification for; old unit of distance equal to 10 丈, one-thirtieth of a km or 33.33 meters | |
| 地位 地位 | position; status; place | |
| 黄金 黃金 | gold; golden (opportunity); prime (time) | |
| 标志 標誌 | sign; mark; symbol; logo; to symbolize; to indicate; to mark | |
| 实施 實施 | to implement; to carry out | |
| 如今 如今 | nowadays; now | |
| 限制 限制 | to restrict; to limit; to confine; restriction; limit | |
| 法院 法院 | court of law; court | |
| 批 批 | to ascertain; to act on; to criticize; to pass on; classifier for batches, lots, military flights; tier (for the ranking of universities and colleges) | |
| 充分 充分 | ample; sufficient; adequate; full; fully; to the full | |
| 登记 登記 | to register (one's name) | |
| 面临 面臨 | to face sth; to be confronted with | |
| 行业 行業 | trade; profession; industry; business | |
| 主席 主席 | chairperson; premier; chairman | |
| 追求 追求 | to pursue (a goal etc) stubbornly; to seek after; to woo | |
| 企业 企業 | company; firm; enterprise; corporation | |
| 闹 鬧 | noisy; cacophonous; to make noise; to disturb; to vent (feelings); to fall ill; to have an attack (of sickness); to go in (for some activity); to joke | |
| 利益 利益 | benefit; (in sb's) interest | |
| 转移 轉移 | to shift; to relocate; to transfer; (fig.) to shift (attention); to change (the subject etc); (medicine) to metastasize | |
| 结 結 | (of a plant) to produce (fruit or seeds); Taiwan pr. [jié] | |
| 确认 確認 | to confirm; to verify; confirmation | |
| 依然 依然 | still; as before | |
| 即将 即將 | on the eve of; to be about to; to be on the verge of | |
| 独立 獨立 | independent; independence; to stand alone | |
| 赢得 贏得 | to win; to gain | |
| 然而 然而 | however; yet; but | |
| 究竟 究竟 | to go to the bottom of a matter; after all; when all is said and done; (in an interrogative sentence) finally; outcome; result |