《经济学人》小词详解

The sunflower is a favorite emblem of constancy.
向日葵是人们最喜爱的坚贞象征。

Incipient 是一个容易与小站（微信公众号：田间小站）前不久推送的 insipid 在含义上相混淆的单词，两者可以一并联想记忆。

世界进入新的动荡变革期，世界经济增长动能不足，不稳定、不确定、难预料因素增多。
The world has entered a new period of turbulence and change. The momentum of world economic growth is sluggish. Destabilizing, uncertain and unpredictable factors are increasing.

世界进入新的动荡变革期，世界经济增长动能不足，不稳定、不确定、难预料因素增多。
The world has entered a new period of turbulence and change. The momentum of world economic growth is sluggish. Destabilizing, uncertain and unpredictable factors are increasing.

求同存异是亚太合作的好做法。
Seeking common ground while shelving differences is the best practice of Asia-Pacific cooperation.

A life of action and danger moderates the dread of death. It not only gives us fortitude to bear pain, but teaches us at every step the precarious tenure on which we hold our present being.
充满行动和危险的生活将减缓对死亡的恐惧。它不仅赋予我们承受痛苦的刚毅，而且时刻引导我们把握飘忽不定的现在。

表面上那个大美女似乎温顺驯服，相当乏味无趣。
On the surface the knockout seemed meek, rather insipid.

十分倾心于一个姑娘
be much enamoured of a girl

她的辈分比我小。
She ranks as my junior in the clan.

当今世界变乱交织，百年变局加速演进，人类社会面临前所未有的挑战。
The world today is undergoing both transformation and upheaval; changes unseen in a century are unfolding at a faster pace; human society faces unprecedented challenges.

Rhetoric is the art of ruling the minds of men.
修辞学是一门驾驭人心的艺术。

Latitude → Platitude