The Rise of the Great Powers

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The Pioneer of Industrialisation: Britain

S1E4 · 工业先声（英国·下） gōngyè xiānshēng （ yīngguó · xià ）

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4.84 Intermediate

Vocabulary

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人物 人物 rén wù person; personage; figure (esp. sb of importance); character (in a play, novel etc); figure painting (as a genre of traditional Chinese painting) HSK 5
意识 意識 yì shí consciousness; awareness; to be aware; to realize HSK 5
神 神 Shén God; abbr. for 舟 HSK 5
拥有 擁有 yōng yǒu to have; to possess HSK 5
组织 組織 zǔ zhī to organize; organization; (biology) tissue; (textiles) weave HSK 5
控制 控制 kòng zhì to control HSK 5
其 其 qí his; her; its; their; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it) HSK 5
将 將 jiāng will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把) HSK 5
穷困 窮困 qióng kùn destitute; wretched poverty Xiehouyu ∼HSK 4
苦 苦 kǔ bitter; hardship; pain; to suffer; to bring suffering to; painstakingly Xiehouyu HSK 4
无法 無法 wú fǎ unable; incapable Xiehouyu HSK 4
工业革命 工業革命 Gōng yè Gé mìng Industrial Revolution, c. 1750-1830 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
斯密 斯密 Sī mì Smith (name); also rendered as 史密斯 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
博尔顿 博爾頓 Bó ěr dùn Bolton (name) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
亚当 亞當 Yà dāng Adam Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
英国人 英國人 Yīng guó rén British person; British people Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
李宗盛 李宗盛 Lǐ Zōng shèng Jonathan Lee (1958-), Taiwanese record producer and songwriter Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
国富论 國富論 Guó fù lùn The Wealth of Nations (1776) by Adam Smith Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
法国人 法國人 Fǎ guó rén Frenchman; French person Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
水晶宫 水晶宮 Shuǐ jīng gōng The Crystal Palace Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
维多利亚 維多利亞 Wéi duō lì yà (name) Victoria; (place name) Victoria (capital of the Seychelles, southeastern state in Australia etc) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
维多利亚女王 維多利亞女王 Wéi duō lì yà Nǚ wáng Queen Victoria (reigned 1837-1901) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
格拉斯哥 格拉斯哥 Gé lā sī gē Glasgow, Scotland Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
奔腾 奔騰 Bēn téng Pentium (microprocessor by Intel) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
弗吉尼亚 弗吉尼亞 Fú jí ní yà variant of 弗吉尼亞州|弗吉尼亚州; Virginia, US state Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
文部 文部 Wén bù Wenbu or Ombu village in Nyima county, Nagchu prefecture, central Tibet; Tang dynasty equivalent of 吏部, personnel office Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
剑桥大学 劍橋大學 Jiàn qiáo Dà xué University of Cambridge Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
英国皇家学会 英國皇家學會 Yīng guó Huáng jiā Xué huì Royal Society Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
福尔 福爾 Fú ěr Félix Faure (1841-1899), president of France 1895-1899 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
威斯敏斯特教堂 威斯敏斯特教堂 Wēi sī mǐn sī tè Jiào táng Westminster Abbey, London Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
威灵顿 威靈頓 Wēi líng dùn Wellington, capital of New Zealand (Tw); Wellington (name); Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington (1769-1851) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
滑铁卢 滑鐵盧 Huá tiě lú Waterloo (Belgium); Battle of Waterloo (1815); (fig.) a defeat Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
波罗的海 波羅的海 Bō luó dì Hǎi Baltic Sea Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
秘鲁 秘魯 Bì lǔ Peru Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
印度人 印度人 Yìn dù rén Indian (person); Indian people Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
不列颠 不列顛 Bù liè diān Britain; British; Great Britain Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
宣统 宣統 Xuān tǒng reign name (1909-1911) of the last Qing emperor Pu Yi 溥儀|溥仪 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
大西洋 大西洋 Dà xī yáng Atlantic Ocean Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
美洲大陆 美洲大陸 Měi zhōu dà lù the Americas; North and South American continents Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
法兰西 法蘭西 Fǎ lán xī France Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
工业化 工業化 gōng yè huà to industrialize; industrialization ∼HSK 4
知 知 zhī know ∼HSK 4
定律 定律 dìng lǜ scientific law (e.g. law of conservation of energy); (in human affairs) a generalization based on observation (e.g. "power corrupts") ∼HSK 4
经济学家 經濟學家 jīng jì xué jiā economist ∼HSK 4
弯路 彎路 wān lù winding road; roundabout route; detour; (fig.) wrong way (of doing sth) ∼HSK 4
岛国 島國 dǎo guó island nation (sometimes refers specifically to Japan) ∼HSK 4
密切相关 密切相關 mì qiè xiāng guān closely related ∼HSK 4
材质 材質 cái zhì texture of timber; quality of material; material (that sth is made of) ∼HSK 4
址 址 zhǐ site, location, land for house ∼HSK 4
合伙人 合夥人 hé huǒ rén partner; associate ∼HSK 4