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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| 推行 推行 | to put into effect; to carry out | |
| 原有 原有 | original; former | |
| 平原 平原 | field; plain | |
| 儿女 兒女 | children; sons and daughters; a young man and a young woman (in love) | |
| 转让 轉讓 | to transfer (ownership, rights etc) | |
| 大于 大於 | greater than; bigger than; more than | |
| 开幕式 開幕式 | opening ceremony | |
| 开幕 開幕 | to open (a conference); to inaugurate | |
| 被动 被動 | passive | |
| 煤 煤 | coal | |
| 繁荣 繁榮 | prosperous; booming (economy) | |
| 分解 分解 | to resolve; to decompose; to break down | |
| 启发 啟發 | to enlighten; to explain (a text etc); to stimulate (a mental attitude); enlightenment; revelation; motivation | |
| 调动 調動 | to transfer; to maneuver (troops etc); movement of personnel; to mobilize; to bring into play | |
| 先前 先前 | before; previously | |
| 景象 景象 | scene; sight (to behold) | |
| 原先 原先 | originally; original; former | |
| 占有 佔有 | to have; to own; to hold; to occupy; to possess; to account for (a high proportion etc) | |
| 原理 原理 | principle; theory | |
| 心态 心態 | attitude (of the heart); state of one's psyche; way of thinking; mentality | |
| 由此 由此 | hereby; from this | |
| 资本 資本 | capital (economics) | |
| 机制 機制 | mechanism | |
| 专利 專利 | patent; sth uniquely enjoyed (or possessed etc) by a certain group of people; monopoly | |
| 悄悄 悄悄 | quiet; making little or no noise; surreptitious; stealthy; anxious; worried; Taiwan pr. [qiǎo qiǎo] | |
| 广泛 廣泛 | extensive; wide range | |
| 国民 國民 | nationals; citizens; people of a nation | |
| 岁月 歲月 | years; time | |
| 停留 停留 | to stay somewhere temporarily; to stop over | |
| 职务 職務 | post; position; job; duties | |
| 漫长 漫長 | very long; endless | |
| 客厅 客廳 | drawing room (room for arriving guests); living room | |
| 例外 例外 | exception; to be an exception | |
| 看待 看待 | to look upon; to regard | |
| 特定 特定 | special; specific; designated; particular | |
| 古老 古老 | ancient; old; age-old | |
| 学者 學者 | scholar | |
| 眼光 眼光 | gaze; insight; foresight; vision; way of looking at things | |
| 竞赛 競賽 | to compete; to race; contest; competition; match; race | |
| 减轻 減輕 | to lighten; to ease; to alleviate | |
| 尊敬 尊敬 | to respect; to revere; to esteem; honorable; distinguished (used on formal occasions before a term of address) | |
| 大胆 大膽 | brazen; audacious; outrageous; bold; daring; fearless | |
| 一向 一向 | always (previously); a period of time in the recent past | |
| 动机 動機 | motive; motivation | |
| 立场 立場 | position; standpoint | |
| 完了 完了 | to be finished; to be done for; ruined; gone to the dogs; oh no | |
| 染 染 | to dye; to catch (a disease); to acquire (bad habits etc); to contaminate; to add color washes to a painting | |
| 贸易 貿易 | (commercial) trade | |
| 乡村 鄉村 | rustic; village; countryside | |
| 思维 思維 | (line of) thought; thinking |