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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| 立国 立國 | to found a country | |
| 道义 道義 | morality; righteousness and justice | |
| 津 津 | ferry; saliva; ford | |
| 丧 喪 | mourning; mourn; funeral | |
| 粮草 糧草 | army provisions; rations and fodder | |
| 蒸汽 蒸汽 | steam | |
| 豪 豪 | brave, heroic, chivalrous | |
| 各种各样 各種各樣 | various kinds; all sorts | |
| 独占 獨佔 | variant of | |
| 签发 簽發 | to issue (a document); to sign and issue officially | |
| 居 居 | reside | |
| 新政 新政 | new policy; New Deal (Roosevelt's 1933 policy to deal with the Great Depression) | |
| 年前 年前 | by the end of the year; at the end of the year; shortly before New Year | |
| 制约 制約 | to restrict; condition | |
| 确立 確立 | to establish; to institute | |
| 推行 推行 | to put into effect; to carry out | |
| 南北 南北 | north and south; north to south | |
| 创立 創立 | to establish; to set up; to found | |
| 依照 依照 | according to; in light of | |
| 为主 為主 | to rely mainly on; to attach most importance to | |
| 修建 修建 | to build; to construct | |
| 签订 簽訂 | to agree to and sign (a treaty etc) | |
| 繁荣 繁榮 | prosperous; booming (economy) | |
| 远处 遠處 | distant place | |
| 此后 此後 | after this; afterwards; hereafter | |
| 景象 景象 | scene; sight (to behold) | |
| 人力 人力 | manpower; labor power | |
| 主导 主導 | leading; dominant; prevailing; to lead; to direct; to dominate | |
| 点燃 點燃 | to ignite; to set on fire; aflame | |
| 由此 由此 | hereby; from this | |
| 资本 資本 | capital (economics) | |
| 数目 數目 | amount; number | |
| 艰苦 艱苦 | difficult; hard; arduous | |
| 机制 機制 | mechanism | |
| 专利 專利 | patent; sth uniquely enjoyed (or possessed etc) by a certain group of people; monopoly | |
| 地带 地帶 | zone | |
| 阻碍 阻礙 | to obstruct; to hinder; to block; obstruction; hindrance | |
| 法规 法規 | legislation; statute | |
| 乡 鄉 | country or countryside; native place; home village or town; township (PRC administrative unit) | |
| 漫长 漫長 | very long; endless | |
| 流动 流動 | to flow; to circulate; to go from place to place; to be mobile; (of assets) liquid | |
| 乘坐 乘坐 | to ride (in a vehicle) | |
| 偶然 偶然 | incidentally; occasional; occasionally; by chance; randomly | |
| 古老 古老 | ancient; old; age-old | |
| 学者 學者 | scholar | |
| 早期 早期 | early period; early phase; early stage | |
| 象征 象徵 | emblem; symbol; token; badge; to symbolize; to signify; to stand for | |
| 自愿 自願 | voluntary | |
| 劳动 勞動 | work; toil; physical labor | |
| 众多 眾多 | numerous |