翻译练习笔记 -day 1

  1. 弗朗西斯·福山
  2. Foreign Affairs :Foreign Affairs is an American magazine of international relations and U.S. foreign policy published by the Council on Foreign Relations, a nonprofit, nonpartisan, membership organization and think tank specializing in U.S. foreign policy and international affairs.[1] Founded in 1922, the print magazine is currently published every two months, while the website publishes articles daily.
  3. a system of “checks and balances” :权衡制度
  4. partisan polarization党派两级分化
  5. vetocracy :否决政治,A vetocracy refers to a dysfunctional system of governance whereby no single entity can acquire enough power to make decisions and take effective charge.
  6. hall­marks of :a typical characteristic or feature of a person or thing
  7. on the sarface : at first glance
  8. bear out : to support the truth of something
  9. hostile takeover :The key characteristic of a hostile takeover is that the target company’s management does not want the deal to go through.
  10. ultra-insider:网上没搜到对应的中文意思,暂时想到“老司机”
  11. self-dealing :假公济私
  12. the Establishment :既有体制