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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| 支 支 | to support; to sustain; to erect; to raise; branch; division; to draw money; classifier for rods such as pens and guns, for army divisions and for songs or compositions | |
| 力量 力量 | power; force; strength | |
| 首先 首先 | first (of all); in the first place | |
| 发展 發展 | development; growth; to develop; to grow; to expand | |
| 下去 下去 | to go down; to descend; to go on; to continue; (of a servant) to withdraw | |
| 社会 社會 | society | |
| 意义 意義 | sense; meaning; significance; importance | |
| 建议 建議 | to propose; to suggest; to recommend; proposal; suggestion; recommendation | |
| 技术 技術 | technology; technique; skill | |
| 坚持 堅持 | to persevere with; to persist in; to insist on | |
| 曾经 曾經 | once; already; former; previously; ever; (past tense marker used before verb or clause) | |
| 明显 明顯 | clear; distinct; obvious | |
| 生命 生命 | life (as the characteristic of living beings); living being; creature | |
| 台 檯 | desk; table; counter | |
| 线 線 | thread; string; wire; line; (after a number) tier (unofficial ranking of a Chinese city) | |
| 代表 代表 | representative; delegate; to represent; to stand for; on behalf of; in the name of | |
| 保持 保持 | to keep; to maintain; to hold; to preserve | |
| 精神 精神 | spirit; mind; consciousness; thought; mental; psychological; essence; gist | |
| 除了 除了 | besides; apart from (... also...); in addition to; except (for) | |
| 个人 個人 | individual; personal; oneself | |
| 下来 下來 | to come down; (completed action marker); (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.); (indicates continuation from the past towards us); to be harvested (of crops); to be over (of a period of time); to go among the masses (said of leaders) | |
| 终于 終於 | at last; in the end; finally; eventually | |
| 城市 城市 | city; town | |
| 根本 根本 | fundamental; basic; root; simply; absolutely (not); (not) at all | |
| 保证 保證 | guarantee; to guarantee; to ensure; to safeguard; to pledge | |
| 整个 整個 | whole; entire; total | |
| 支持 支持 | to be in favor of; to support; to back; support; backing; to stand by | |
| 保护 保護 | to protect; to defend; to safeguard; protection | |
| 能力 能力 | capability; ability | |
| 强 強 | stubborn; unyielding | |
| 美元 美元 | American dollar; US dollar | |
| 方式 方式 | way; manner; style; mode; pattern | |
| 调查 調查 | investigation; inquiry; to investigate; to survey; survey; (opinion) poll | |
| 者 者 | (after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...; (after a noun) person involved in ...; -er; -ist; (used after a number or 后 or 前 to refer to sth mentioned previously); (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term); (old) (used at the end of a command); (old) this | |
| 结束 結束 | termination; to finish; to end; to conclude; to close | |
| 成功 成功 | Chenggong or Chengkung town in Taitung County 台东县, southeast Taiwan | |
| 解决 解決 | to solve; to resolve; to settle (a problem); to eliminate; to wipe out (an enemy, bandits etc) | |
| 部 部 | ministry; department; section; part; division; troops; board; classifier for works of literature, films, machines etc | |
| 使 使 | to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; to send; to instruct sb to do sth; envoy; messenger | |
| 受 受 | to receive; to accept; to suffer; subjected to; to bear; to stand; pleasant; (passive marker) | |
| 如何 如何 | how; what way; what | |
| 只有 只有 | only have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才) it is only if one ... (that one can ...) (Example: 只有通过治疗才能痊愈 "the only way to cure it is with therapy"); it is only ... (who ...) (Example: 要 "only men would have such a requirement"); (used to indicate that one has no alternative) one can only (do a certain thing) (Example: 服 "the only thing you can do is give in") | |
| 决定 決定 | to decide (to do something); to resolve; decision; certainly | |
| 由 由 | to follow; from; because of; due to; by; via; through; (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ... | |
| 一切 一切 | everything; every; all | |
| 总 總 | general; overall; to sum up; in every case; always; invariably; anyway; after all; eventually; sooner or later; surely; (after a person's name) abbr. for 总经理 or 总编 etc | |
| 内 內 | inside; inner; internal; within; interior | |
| 已 已 | already; to stop; then; afterwards | |
| 继续 繼續 | to continue; to proceed with; to go on with | |
| 世界 世界 | world |