Unlike most of its region, Australia was left unscathed by the Asian crash of 1997.

Title: The wonder down under

牛津英語(yǔ)搭配詞典：

be left unscathed 未受傷害的

leave 來(lái)自每日一詞，有導(dǎo)致，造成的意思，與make, cause可以同義替換。

By that measure, at least, Australia boasts the world’s most successful economy.

boast 來(lái)自每日一詞，有，擁有的含義，可以代替have, 但是boast本身有以……為自豪之義，有自夸的成分在里面。是經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)人中很常用的一個(gè)詞。

Whereas many other rich countries have seen wages stagnate for decades, Australia’s…

see 也來(lái)自每日一詞, 意思是見(jiàn)證，目睹的意思，主語(yǔ)可以是人，物或者時(shí)間，地點(diǎn)。有擬人化的修辭手法。

…but the government bears only a relatively small proportion of the cost-an arrangement that remains a distant dream in most rich countries.

remain可以同義替換be, 可以做不及物動(dòng)詞，也可以做系動(dòng)詞，其后常接形容詞，un-這類詞很常見(jiàn)。強(qiáng)調(diào)狀態(tài)的穩(wěn)定性和延續(xù)性。

…, and ask how long its good fortune can last.

last 持續(xù)，可以與continue 替換，主語(yǔ)一般是一個(gè)事件，情形，問(wèn)題。

Is the current generation of politicians up to the job?

up在這里是短語(yǔ)介詞，勝任，有能力的意思。

…, this title rests on the statistical definition of a recession as two consecutive quarters of decline.

rest 在這里是及物/不及物動(dòng)詞，使倚靠，被支撐。

It weathered the resources bust, too.

weather在這里是經(jīng)受住，渡過(guò)（難關(guān)）等。