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儒琴英语词汇（English Words and Phrases of the Day）
swear off sth
— phrasal verb with swear verb
to make a decision to stop doing, using, or being involved with something harmful, such as drugs or alcohol, or something that is not good or helpful
发誓不做，保证放弃，下决心戒除 (Cambridge)
Though he has sworn off fundraising for his own campaign, he has made himself a top Democratic Party donor in just the past few weeks, quietly giving the party $625,000 to distribute to infrastructure efforts atop the $175,000 required of all candidates for access to the Democratic National Committee’s voter data. In coming days, his campaign plans to rally wealthy New York activists and donors to give more money to state parties for their programs to register and turn out voters.
— The Washington Post Dec 14, 2019
what goes around comes around (Collins)
said to mean that people’s actions will eventually have consequences which they will have to deal with, even though this may not happen for a long time.
人们的行为最终会产生他们必须处理的后果，尽管这种情况在很长一段时间内可能不会发生; 善有善报恶有恶报; 付出就有收获 ; 该来的躲不掉。
What goes around comes around. If you ignore the other guy when he asks for help, you might just be setting yourself up for a little of the same later on.
What Goes Around Comes Around.“President Trump’s border wall is facing a surprising new legal hurdle down in Texas: an obscure legislative provision crafted by House Republicans in 2014 when the GOP was targeting then-President Barack Obama’s budget powers,” Politico reports.
Dec 14, 2019
pull off
to carry out despite difficulties : accomplish successfully against odds
不畏艰险取得成功
“Britain is suddenly the only big country in western Europe with a fully functional government able to take radical measures and sweep aside resistance. France, Germany, Italy and Spain are all in political turmoil or have a paralyzed executive. The center is crumbling everywhere – but not in Britain. A one-nation Tory running on a green, social democrat economic program has pulled off the feat of uniting a blue collar north and an affluent south.”
—-December 14, 2019 at 12:07 pm EST By Taegan Goddard
asymmetry
noun /eɪˈsɪm.ə.tri/
lack or absence of symmetry; the state of two halves, sides, or parts that are not exactly the same in shape or size （Cambridge & Merriam-Wester）
不对称
“The world press and left-academia got that narrative badly wrong. This political asymmetry between a unified, confident, well-armed British government and a demoralised, splintered Continent matters enormously. Brussels can no longer play the divide and rule game in Westminster, or indeed with the Tory party itself.”
—-December 14, 2019 at 12:07 pm EST By Taegan Goddard
outflank
verb [ T ] /ˌaʊtˈflæŋk/
to do better than an opponent by winning an advantage over him or her
占上风；胜过（Cambridge）
“Instead of sticking to getting Brexit done in Parliament, he called an early election to give himself a clear mandate for it. By fighting on the genius and simple slogan ‘Get Brexit Done,’ he exposed the deep divides on the left, unified the right, and knocked his opponents for six (if you will forgive a cricket metaphor). But just as important, he moved the party sharply left on austerity, spending on public services, tax cuts for the working poor, and a higher minimum wage. He outflanked the far right on Brexit and shamelessly echoed the left on economic policy.”
— December 14, 2019 at 12:07 pm EST By Taegan Goddard
