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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| 一代 一代 | generation | |
| 一道 一道 | together | |
| 压迫 壓迫 | to oppress; to repress; to constrict; oppression; stress (physics) | |
| 政权 政權 | regime; political power | |
| 协商 協商 | to consult with; to talk things over; agreement | |
| 天然 天然 | natural | |
| 干涉 干涉 | to interfere; to meddle; interference | |
| 杂 雜 | mixed; miscellaneous; various; to mix | |
| 不仅仅 不僅僅 | not only; not just | |
| 教堂 教堂 | church; chapel | |
| 审查 審查 | to examine; to investigate; to censor out; censorship | |
| 棉 棉 | generic term for cotton or kapok; cotton; padded or quilted with cotton | |
| 反抗 反抗 | to resist; to rebel | |
| 占据 佔據 | to occupy; to hold | |
| 诞生 誕生 | to be born | |
| 分裂 分裂 | to split up; to divide; to break up; fission; schism | |
| 边缘 邊緣 | edge; fringe; verge; brink; periphery; marginal; borderline | |
| 国会 國會 | Parliament (UK); Congress (US); Diet (Japan); Legislative Yuan (Taiwan) | |
| 仿佛 彷彿 | to seem; as if; alike; similar | |
| 同一 同一 | identical; the same | |
| 金融 金融 | banking; finance; financial | |
| 富有 富有 | rich; wealthy; affluent; to be rich in; to be replete with | |
| 信仰 信仰 | to believe in (a religion); firm belief; conviction | |
| 电力 電力 | electrical power; electricity | |
| 佛 佛 | Buddha; Buddhism (abbr. for 陀) | |
| 大街 大街 | street; main street | |
| 税 稅 | taxes; duties | |
| 国王 國王 | king | |
| 一时 一時 | a period of time; a while; for a short while; temporary; momentary; at the same time | |
| 宗教 宗教 | religion | |
| 爆发 爆發 | to break out; to erupt; to explode; to burst out | |
| 遭遇 遭遇 | to meet with; to encounter; (bitter) experience | |
| 章 章 | chapter; section; clause; movement (of symphony); seal; badge; regulation; order | |
| 陷入 陷入 | to sink into; to get caught up in; to land in (a predicament) | |
| 选举 選舉 | to elect; election | |
| 界 界 | (bound form) boundary; border; (bound form) realm | |
| 孤独 孤獨 | lonely; solitary | |
| 危机 危機 | crisis | |
| 激情 激情 | passion; fervor; enthusiasm; strong emotion | |
| 给予 給予 | (literary) to give; to accord; to render | |
| 要么 要麼 | or; either one or the other | |
| 本身 本身 | itself; in itself; per se | |
| 联盟 聯盟 | alliance; union; coalition | |
| 政策 政策 | policy | |
| 权力 權力 | power; authority | |
| 时期 時期 | period; phase | |
| 承诺 承諾 | to promise; to undertake to do something; commitment | |
| 州 州 | prefecture; (old) province; (old) administrative division; state (e.g. of US); oblast (Russia); canton (Switzerland) | |
| 学会 學會 | to learn; to master; institute; learned society; (scholarly) association | |
| 军队 軍隊 | armed forces; troops |