英國前首相強生下台後,由抗中鐵娘子特拉斯上任救火,成為英國史上第3位女性首相。面對國內情勢緊張,她的首要任務便是解決經濟問題,尤其面對來自於中國的威脅,特拉斯更是誓言將採取保障(bulwark)政策,展現對中強硬態度。
【淺談英國新首相】
bulwark 保障、保護
A:Britain's new PM Truss considers China a big threat to the rule-based international order.(英國新首相特拉斯視中國為世界秩序的一大威脅。)
B:That explains her policy in which she sees it as her role to build a bulwark against that.(那就解釋了她視自己為建立抗中角色的政策。)
populist 民粹主義者
A:However, some critics called her a "radical populist".(不過,有些批判者稱她為激進的民粹主義者。)
B:Well, some claimed that she still holds on to the outdated imperial mentality.
(有些人認為她還緊抓著過時的帝國主義思想。)
debt trap 債務陷阱
A:She believes China's global investment policy has left poorer countries caught in debt traps.(她深信中國全球投資政策讓許多貧窮國家陷入債務陷阱。)
B:Let's just see if such hardened stance can lead UK to ride through the storm.(就來看看如此強硬的立場能否帶領英國挺過暴風雨吧!)
【延伸關鍵字】
1. fervent:強烈的、熱誠的
2. to counter one's power:抵抗~的力量
3. to withdraw investment:撤資
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