NO.20.【2016.05.16】The Economist.docxVIP

【日神东君】NO.20 The Economist (2016.05.15)【恒则成，败则辱！】 PAGE1 / NUMPAGES21 1. Rodrigo Duterte（达沃市副市长杜特尔特） won the presidential election in the Philippines in a landslide victory over Mar Roxas, a former member of the cabinet of the outgoing president, Benigno Aquino. landslide /?l?nd?sla?d/ 1.N-COUNT A landslide is a victory in an election in which a person or political party gets far more votes or seats than their opponents. (选举中) 压倒性优势的胜利 例：He won last months presidential election by a landslide.他以绝对优势赢得了上个月的总统选举。 2.N-COUNT A landslide is a large amount of earth and rocks falling down a cliff or the side of a mountain. 山崩 例：The storm caused landslides and flooding in Savona.暴风雨引发了萨沃纳的山崩和水灾。 词组短语 同近义词 landslide victory以绝对优势取得胜利 landslide control滑坡控制；滑坡防治 2. Mr Duterte had been the mayor of Davao, a city in the southern island of Mindanao, where he waged a controversial anti-corruption campaign. He once asserted that suspected criminals should be killed if need be. wage /we?d?/ CET4 TEM4 (waging, waged, wages) 1.N-COUNT Someones wages are the amount of money that is regularly paid to them for the work that they do. 工资 例：His wages have gone up.他的工资涨了。 2.V-T If a person, group, or country wages a campaign or a war, they start it and continue it over a period of time. 发动 (运动或战争) 例：The government, along with the three factions that had been waging a civil war, signed a peace agreement.政府和发动了内战的3方一起签订了1份和平协议。 词组短语 minimum wage最低工资 the wages of sin罪恶的报应，死[源自《圣经》] wage system工资制度，工资体系 3. In February South Korea reported that General Ri Yong-gil had been executed in a purge by the regime, but pictures from the North’s state media this week showed him in uniform with three stars, suggesting the lucky general had instead been demoted. purge /p??d?/ CET6+ TEM8 (purging, purged, purges) 1.V-T To purge an organization of its unacceptable members means to remove them from it. You can also talk about purging people from an organization. (从组织中) 清除 (异己成员) 例：The leadership voted to