NO.20.【2016.05.16】TheEconomist详解.docxVIP

1.Rodrigo Duterte（达沃市副市长杜特尔特）won the presidential election in the Philippines in a landslide victoryover 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.MrDuterte 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 beendemoted.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 purge the party of hostile and antiparty elements.领导层投票来清除党内“有敌意的反党分子”。He recently purged the armed forces,