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儒琴英语词汇（English Words and Phrases of the Day）
in the grand scheme
In the long term; in the complete picture of something.
从长远来看；某事物的全貌。
Will the seemingly significant events we have lived through this decade be important in the grand scheme? Are there powerful historical forces playing out that we’re missing? Where will Black Lives Matter, the social media revolution, #MeToo, climate change, Barack Obama and Donald Trump fit into the history books?
— Politico Dec 27, 2019
cozy up (to someone)
— phrasal verb with cozy verb
to be very friendly to someone with the hope of getting an advantage
为了得到某种好处去巴结别人、讨好别人
Even as Trump cozied up to the U.S.’s longtime rival Russia and undermined free trade with punishing tariffs, the vast majority of Republicans stuck with him. He himself bragged that he could shoot someone without alienating his base.
— Politico Dec 27, 2019
reckon with sb/sth
— phrasal verb with reckon verb
to deal with a difficult or powerful person or thing
处理，解决（棘手的事情）；应付（有权势的人）(Cambridge)
Synonyms:
deal with · cope with · contend with · handle · face · face up to · take into account · take into consideration ·
In the 2010s, Americans reckoned with their neglect of vital infrastructures: political, technological and environmental. Their constitutional democracy was the most obvious system in disarray.
— Politico Dec 27, 2019
put paid to sth
to finish or destroy something
结束，了结；毁掉
But ethno-nationalist sentiments welled up across the former Soviet states and satellites alike, while Britain’s decision to exit the European Union in 2016 ended an era of building multi-lateral institutions and put paid to the dream of European unity.
— Politico Dec 27, 2019
state-sanctioned violence
arbitrary or random repression by the State
政府暴力
From uprisings in cities across the nation to organized acts of resistance on college campuses, BLM compelled Americans to acknowledge the systemic problem of state-sanctioned violence and take steps to bring about necessary changes.
The death penalty is a profound example of state sanctioned violence (or terror) as a way to resolve conflict. In Dr. King’s terms, American domestic policy is racist, essentially a war against the poor and, with the death penalty, demonstrates a people who are not willing to forgive.
— Politico Dec 27, 2019
decennial
adjective /dɪˈsen.i.əl/
happening every ten years 每十年一次的
Decades rarely begin at neat decennial intervals. The 2010s, in hindsight, began with the 2007-08 financial crisis. The inability to foresee and prevent that crisis, combined with the subsequent lack of punishment for anyone behind it, served notice to much of the population that the establishment (whatever that was) was no longer doing its job (whatever that meant).
— Politico Dec 27, 2019
cleavage
noun [ C or U ]/ˈkliː.vɪdʒ/
(a) division or disagreement
差异；分歧
Events quickly dashed expectations of the nation’s first black president ushering in a new forward-looking era of American politics. Instead, racial and cultural cleavages deepened, egregious inequality persisted and futile wars dragged on. Obama managed to prolong the life of the political consensus that had formed in the wake of the Cold War. Yet with the race to choose his successor in 2016, that consensus collapsed, the political novice Donald Trump prevailing over the far more seasoned Hillary Clinton.
— Politico Dec 27, 2019
latent
adjective /ˈleɪ.tənt/ us
present but needing particular conditions to become active, obvious, or completely developed
潜在的，潜伏的，隐性的 （Cambridge）
His election ( Trump) thereby brought to the fore divisions related to class, race and ethnicity that had been latent or ignored.
time-poor
adjective [ after verb ]
not having enough time to do things
缺少时间的；没有足够时间的 (Cambridge）
Increasingly, both men and women in the professional middle classes are work-rich and time-poor. 中产阶段的职业男女，都感到工作日益增加，而时间却越发不够。
muddle through
— phrasal verb with muddle verb
to manage to do something although you are not organized and do not know how to do it
胡乱应付过去 (Cambridge)
Will Trump succeed, where Obama failed? The above factors are likely to form the Middle East conundrum for Trump and his team. Iran, ISIS and Saudi Arabia pose a challenge to the new administration, if it wants to continue with the present strategy and muddle through in the Middle East. Author: D Suba Chandran
