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儒琴英语词汇（English Words and Phrases of the Day）
make a pitch / make one’s pitch
to tell people how good something is and try to persuade them to support it or buy it.
告诉人们某物有多好，并试图说服他们支持或购买它; 为~~做宣传 ; 为…说好话
“Mike Bloomberg’s presidential campaign may not be taking money from some of the most influential Democratic donors on Wall Street, but he is working hard to convince them he has a path to win the nomination,” CNBC reports.
“Bloomberg and his team made their pitch Dec. 19 to at least 90 attendees, including many New York business executives, at a breakfast at his campaign headquarters in New York, according to people who attended.”
—- Dec 26, 2019 CNBC
toothless
adjective (NO POWER)
used to describe an organization or a rule that has no power
没有约束力的；没有权力的 (Cambridge)
More than 18 months after the European Union began implementing the world’s toughest privacy law, the bloc’s ability to rein in Big Tech is increasingly in doubt amid growing frustration over a lack of enforcement actions and weak cooperation on investigations. The world’s toughest privacy law proves toothless in the eyes of many critics.
— Politico Europe Dec 27, 2019
run circles around (someone)
To greatly outclass or outperform someone in some activity.
在(某些活动中) 大大超过或超过某人; 比(某人)做得更好,远远超过(某人)
But Dixon’s explanation is not good enough for other regulators, lawyers, privacy campaigners and consumer protection groups around Europe. They argue that the longer Europe takes to enforce its privacy rules against the world’s biggest data-hungry companies, the more Silicon Valley will take advantage of wiggle room, run circles around regulators and undermine the spirit of the EU’s law.
— Politico Europe Dec 27, 2019
sore point
noun [ C usually singular ]
a subject that someone prefers not to talk about because it makes them angry or embarrassed
（不愿提及的）痛处，心病 (Cambridge)
Another sore point is how well, or how poorly, Europeans are working together to enforce a bloc-wide privacy regulation that is meant to be a gold standard for the world.
— Politico Europe Dec 27, 2019
newsy
adjective
containing a lot of news that is personal or not very serious ; full of news, esp gossipy or personal news
信息丰富的；多闲话的 (Cambridge )
We aren’t just approaching the end of a very newsy year; we’re approaching the end of a very eventful decade. To mark the occasion, Politico Magazine asked a group of historians to put all that happened over the past 10 years in its proper historical context—and literally write the paragraph that they think will describe the 2010s in American history books written a century from now.
dissonance
noun
Dissonance is a lack of agreement or harmony between things; disagreement
分歧，异议; 不和谐
The 2010s were characterized by the seeming dissonance of the 2016 presidential election. In that election, Donald J. Trump expertly galvanized racial resentments, manipulated a bifurcated media landscape and utilized his alliances with foreign governments to become president
— Politico Europe Dec 27, 2019
