international commerce needs firmer underpinnings

underpinning? n. 基礎(chǔ),支柱,支撐

New logistical bottlenecks that have seen the cost of shipping rocket recently.

bottlenecks n.瓶頸路段；工商業(yè)發(fā)展的)瓶頸，阻礙

logistical?/l?d??st?kl/adj. 組織上的，后勤的

logistics /l?'d??st?ks/n.后勤；物流

notably adv. 顯著地；尤其

the newspaper is notably biased.

the system is under assault(攻擊v/n)

back-of-the-envelope 粗略的

a ~calculation suggests that

that seems managable(能應(yīng)對(duì)的)

clout /kla?t/

n. 破布；敲打；影響力；靶心；大帽釘（等于clout nail）

weaponise their economic clout把經(jīng)濟(jì)影響力變成武器

vt. 給…打補(bǔ)釘；猛擊；用布擦

work up 逐步建立，逐步發(fā)展

~ Strategy制定策略

stockpiling 物資儲(chǔ)備

well-intentioned??adj. 用意良好的

Well-intentioned development projects can have unintended negative effects.

proliferation n. 增生，擴(kuò)散

Temperatures climbed more rapidly in the 20th century as the use of fossil fuels proliferated.

coddle v. 溺愛

bear the cost???承擔(dān)費(fèi)用 (bear the responsibility)

over the long run?從長(zhǎng)遠(yuǎn)來(lái)看(in the long term)

go into reverse???逆轉(zhuǎn)，往相反的方向發(fā)展

criss-cross??adj.&v.&n.&adv.?縱橫交錯(cuò)，交叉

?the supply chains ~international borders

cut off????切斷，中斷

jeopardise v. 破壞，危害

reshoring supply chains 供應(yīng)鏈的回流?(供應(yīng)鏈遷回國(guó)內(nèi))

?n. 回流 (moving a business based in a different country back to its original country)

raise the incentive to?n. 動(dòng)機(jī)，刺激 (motivation/stimuli)

unravel????v. 解開 ~the economoc relationship between

overload????v. 使負(fù)擔(dān)過(guò)重，使超載 ~ the boat

EU's trade commissioner???n. 委員，專員

warn of????警告，提醒

some humility when it comes to unilateralism may be in order當(dāng)討論單邊主義時(shí)我們應(yīng)該多一些謙卑

unilateralism???n. 單邊主義

be in order?????合適，恰當(dāng)

exert???v. 施加(+authority/power/influence/pressure/control)

a slice of???一片，一份

stew??v. 燉煮的菜肴 n.燉的菜，煨的菜（有肉和蔬菜）

beef stew and dumplings 牛肉燉丸子

get (yourself)/be in a ?stew (about/over sth) 坐立不安，心煩意亂

I've been stewing over the problem for a while. 這個(gè)問(wèn)題我已經(jīng)考慮了一會(huì)兒

resilience?????n. 彈力，恢復(fù)力

argue for???贊成，支持，論證

sourcing????n. 來(lái)源 to shift sourcing from china

trade barriers 貿(mào)易壁壘

WTO allowed retaliation,if government were in breach of their obligations.

它允許有限的報(bào)復(fù)和反擊，如果某國(guó)政府違反了他們的義務(wù)。

retaliation????n. 報(bào)復(fù)，反擊

in breach of????違反

be subject to?受…影響 Cars are subject to a high domestic tax

dismantle???v.

拆開，拆卸I had to dismantle the engine in order to repair it.

廢除，取消 The government was in the process of dismantling the state-owned industries.

mutually agreed rules overseen by arbiter 共同同意的、由獨(dú)立仲裁機(jī)構(gòu)監(jiān)督的規(guī)則

oversee????v. 監(jiān)管

arbiter????n. 仲裁者，裁決人

The law is the final arbiter of what is considered obscene. 何謂猥褻最終由法律裁決

an arbiter of taste/style/fashion 鑒賞╱款式╱時(shí)裝權(quán)威

deliver geopolitical goals?實(shí)現(xiàn)地緣政治目標(biāo)

revitalize???v. 使復(fù)活，使復(fù)興

undermine???v. 故意破壞，削弱Criticism just undermines their confidence.