Inalienable Nation

squabble(此字不是形容詞，而是動詞及名詞）- to quarrel noisily and usually over petty matters
Lawmakers squabbled while the NIH hotline went unanswered.制定法路者在nih熱線位被回應前仍舊爭吵著


stagger - to reel from side to side : totter,to waver in purpose or action : hesitate, to cause to doubt or hesitate : perplex
Even the recovery staggered and wheezed.縱使復甦之路仍舊搖搖晃晃

blame for 責罵
Many outside analysts blame for the nation's inability to fully handle the challenges of an interconnected world.

consent to 同意
Consenting laid-off workers can part ways much quicker than under traditional rules.

taper off 逐漸變細

grudge - a feeling of deep-seated resentment 憤恨 or ill will


Activists also despair of his tendency to turn policy innovation into a grudge match by making resounding political defeat of opponents a greater priority than compromising to find the most efficient means of change.


vestige - a trace, mark, or visible sign left by something (as an ancient city or a condition or practice) vanished or lost (2) :the smallest quantity or trace 殘跡


Erasing the last vestiges of th e35-hour workweek, which was introduced in 2000.


Splay - 展開雙手
The battlefield for the mind and wallet of the American consumer is splayed across a strip mall in NC.


Dog - V. to bother or pester 糾纏 persistently


A 10.4% unemployment rate is dogging the Charlotte area.


These moves are helping dollar stores mint 鑄造 record profits.


Dollar stores face the occasional public relations mishap 突發公安事件 that comes with selling lesser goods.


Asphyxia - 窒息 sphyzein to throb（脈搏，震動）
Abscess - 膿瘡


Scout - 1.mock,scoff (謾罵，嘲笑）2.make a search (偵查，搜尋）
Walmart is scouting locations for urban stores.


buyout 買通，全買下 tariff 關稅


It's to keep global capital flowing 流動.


Plunge into 陷入
It could seriously threaten globalization and possibly plunge the world back into recession.


drown in 溺
They are drowning in debt


Stem阻擋 the tide of hot money flowing into their markets from jittery investors looking for decent returns.


Pedigree 血系 pro bono work (慈善活動）
Pro bono publico (usually shortened to pro bono) is a phrase derived from Latin meaning "for the public good". The term is generally used to describe professional work undertaken voluntarily and without payment as a public service.


The scheme has a better chance of succeeding when a film's credits boast a name the Academy has already honored. Casting an actor with Oscar hardware is the surest way of a smaller film to establish pedigree - the stars bring their reputations with them. The mainstream movie biz depends on sequels; indies rely on stars doing pro bono work.


make a buck 掙錢