2019-01-11

一、词汇

1. pin sth on sb/sth 把…归罪于

V-T If someone tries to pin something on you or to pin the blame on you, they say, often unfairly, that you were responsible for something bad or illegal.

While analysts have questioned just how much blame could be pinned on China, Apple’s fortunes rely heavily on the world’s biggest smartphone market.

虽然分析人士对苹果在多大程度上可以将营收低于预期归咎于中国表示质疑，但苹果的命运在很大程度上都依赖于这个全球最大的智能手机市场。

也可以表示“寄希望于某物/某人”，此时搭配就是：

pin your hopes/faith on sth/sb， 比如我们很多父母都把希望寄托在自己子女身上：Many parents pin their hopes on their children.

2. laudable 可嘉许的; 值得赞美的

3. stave off 延缓

VERB If you stave off something bad, or if you stave it off, you succeed in stopping it from happening for a while. 

in an effort to stave off the growing movement for food regulation and soda taxes that has been sweeping the west.

以避免西方各国日渐兴起的食品监管和碳酸饮料征税运动。

4. well-placed having an advantageous position 有良好职位的

well-placed officials 高官

5. insidious 暗中为害的

ADJ Something that is insidious is unpleasant or dangerous and develops gradually without being noticed.

6. stymy ['staɪmi]  妨碍

stymy attempts to address soaring obesity by stressing the harmful impact of consuming highly processed food and sugary soft drinks.

7. bona fide 真正的; 真诚的

praising their professional bona fides

称赞他们的专业诚意

8. Unscrupulous 不诚实的; 不道德的

ADJ If you describe a person as unscrupulous, you are critical of the fact that they are prepared to act in a dishonest or immoral way in order to get what they want.

例：

These kids are being exploited by very unscrupulous people.

这些孩子正被极不道德的人利用。

9. promote lactation 催乳