The Rise of the Great Powers
Episode review
The Pioneer of Industrialisation: Britain
S1E4 · 工业先声（英国·下）
Vocabulary
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| 新兴 新興 | Xinxing county in Yunfu 云浮, Guangdong; Xinxing or Hsinhsing district of Kaohsiung city 市, south Taiwan | |
| 革新 革新 | to innovate; innovation | |
| 殖民地 殖民地 | colony | |
| 祖母 祖母 | father's mother; paternal grandmother | |
| 产量 產量 | output | |
| 祖父 祖父 | father's father; paternal grandfather | |
| 变换 變換 | to transform; to convert; to vary; to alternate; a transformation | |
| 船只 船隻 | ship; boat; vessel | |
| 盼望 盼望 | to hope for; to look forward to | |
| 开创 開創 | to initiate; to start; to found | |
| 中期 中期 | middle (of a period of time); medium-term (plan, forecast etc) | |
| 奔跑 奔跑 | to run | |
| 特大 特大 | exceptionally big | |
| 眼看 眼看 | soon; in a moment; to look on as sth happens | |
| 就是说 就是說 | in other words; that is | |
| 一道 一道 | together | |
| 联手 聯手 | lit. to join hands; to act together | |
| 昏 昏 | muddle-headed; twilight; to faint; to lose consciousness | |
| 面对面 面對面 | face to face | |
| 海外 海外 | overseas; abroad | |
| 便是 便是 | (emphasizes that sth is precisely or exactly as stated); precisely; exactly; even; if; just like; in the same way as | |
| 看作 看作 | to look upon as; to regard as | |
| 马车 馬車 | cart; chariot; carriage; buggy | |
| 层面 層面 | aspect; facet; level (political, psychological, spiritual etc); (geology) bedding plane | |
| 恰恰 恰恰 | exactly; just; precisely | |
| 贫困 貧困 | impoverished; poverty | |
| 矿 礦 | mineral deposit; ore deposit; ore; a mine | |
| 教堂 教堂 | church; chapel | |
| 缺陷 缺陷 | defect; flaw | |
| 港口 港口 | port; harbor | |
| 首相 首相 | prime minister (of Japan or UK etc) | |
| 崇拜 崇拜 | to worship; adoration | |
| 棉 棉 | generic term for cotton or kapok; cotton; padded or quilted with cotton | |
| 深深 深深 | deep; profound | |
| 皇帝 皇帝 | emperor | |
| 哲学 哲學 | philosophy | |
| 诞生 誕生 | to be born | |
| 四处 四處 | all over the place; everywhere and all directions | |
| 支撑 支撐 | to prop up; to support; strut; brace | |
| 前来 前來 | to come (formal); before; previously | |
| 城镇 城鎮 | town; cities and towns | |
| 轨道 軌道 | track (for trains etc); orbit (of a satellite); (fig.) a person's established path in life; desired trajectory (of a business or other endeavor); (audio engineering) track; (quantum mechanics) orbital | |
| 仿佛 彷彿 | to seem; as if; alike; similar | |
| 跨 跨 | to step across; to stride over; to straddle; to span | |
| 协调 協調 | to coordinate; to harmonize; to fit together; to match (colors etc); harmonious; concerted | |
| 街头 街頭 | street | |
| 对抗 對抗 | to withstand; to resist; to stand off; antagonism; confrontation | |
| 牵 牽 | to lead along; to pull (an animal on a tether); (bound form) to involve; to draw in | |
| 播 播 | to sow; to scatter; to spread; to broadcast; Taiwan pr. [bò] | |
| 国王 國王 | king |