原文標題:
Can China reform?
原文連結:
1.4>原文
Corruption flourished under their watch: China is ranked
only as the 80th most clean country in the world by Transparency International
in its latest corruption index. State controls, nepotism and a culture of
bribery made it difficult to do business: the World Bank ranked China 91st in
the world – behind the likes of Azerbaijan and the Kyrgyz Republic.
1.4>解析
1. Transparency
International
透明國際是一個監察貪污腐敗的國際非政府組織, 每年公布”清廉指數”(corruption index)。
2. nepotism
任用時偏袒自家人(或有血緣關係的親戚); 任人唯親
3. a culture of
bribery
送禮文化; 紅包文化
a culture of + N
具有某種特質的文化
bribery
賄賂
4. made it difficult to do business
很難做生意
Sth + make it + adj. + to V
某事使某事變得很…
例句: Your laziness
makes it impossible to succeed.
“laziness”(懶惰)讓”succeed”(成功)變得很不可能。
5. Azerbaijan
亞塞拜然, 鄰近伊朗
6. Kyrgyz Republic
吉爾吉斯, 鄰近新疆
Kyrgyz重音在kyr
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