1.Other signatories—Britain,France and Germany—saidtheywould continue to honourthe agreement, to whichIran seemed to be adhering.
honor the agreement 遵守約定
2.militia-cum-political
-cum-
prep.（介詞）Together with; plus. Often used in combination: 和，與，加上：與…一起；加上。通常用于復(fù)合詞中：
our attic-cum-studio. 我們的閣樓兼作錄音室
3.crippling =serious?
4.liquidity crisis 流動性危機
5.Italy remained without a government; but the odds for one led by a technocrat appointed by the president receded.
odds=possibility?
新聞力求簡潔，'odds' preferred.
6.on the cards：adv. 可能
7.pervert 扭曲，使墮落
8.【佳句】Mr Iqbal’s outspoken defence of minorities has earned him the enmity of Muslim radicals.
9.baron 男爵；大亨
10. jailbird? 累犯
11.attorney-general 首席檢察官（因美國刑辯交易，因此此職位位高權(quán)重）
DA district attorney 地區(qū)檢察官
12.gobble up 狼吞虎咽
13.crown prince 王儲；皇太子
14. thrusting 強有力的；有進取心的ambitious
15.war chest 戰(zhàn)爭基金；?？?/p>
16.grandee?n. 貴族；要人；大公（西班牙或葡萄牙最高爵位）
17.notch up
top notch 大腕
18.In five years’ time the fund plans to have invested in 70-100 technology unicorns, privately held startups valued at $1bn or more.
時態(tài)沒搞懂
19.Its money, often handed to entrepreneurs in multiples of the amounts they initially demand and accompanied by the threat that the cash will go to the competition if they balk, gives startups the wherewithal to outgun worse-funded rivals.
長難句
balk止步不前
wherewithal 必要資金
20.moolah 【美俚】錢
21.forays 初次嘗試
22.Bulk up:?to gain weight especially by becoming more muscular
23.clarifying glare of the public markets 群眾的眼睛是雪亮的哈哈
24.carve up 瓜分
25.obstetrician 產(chǎn)科醫(yī)生
26.platelets 血小板
27.hemophiliac n. 血友病患者
28.rabies, tetanus and Rhesus disease 狂犬病，破傷風(fēng)，恒河猴癥
29.hepatitis 肝炎
30.populist =populistic 民粹的
31. handout 散發(fā)材料
32.run-up 前期 后用to?
33.comeuppance 因果報應(yīng)
34.?strident 尖銳的，不和諧的
35.odious 可憎的
36.roll back 減少
37.unwieldy=cumbersome
38. defector 叛jiezhe
39.spurious 假的
40.Nonetheless, it ishard to imagine thatUMNO’s loss will not
change Malaysia for the better.
繞暈了
41.
