《经济学人》小词详解

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

No failure is final unless you ratify it.
除非你认可，否则没有什么失败是最终的。

Someone is going to make your product obsolete. Make sure it's you.
有人会让你的产品过时。确保那个人是你。

Clique vs Cliché

与她久别重逢，他欣喜不已。
He was enchanted to see her again after so long.

Americans have a penchant for the future and tend to disregard the past.
美国人热衷于未来，往往忽视过去。