经济学人1027笔记

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

Title: The wonder down under

牛津英语搭配词典：

be left unscathed 未受伤害的

leave 来自每日一词，有导致，造成的意思，与make, cause可以同义替换。

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

boast 来自每日一词，有，拥有的含义，可以代替have, 但是boast本身有以……为自豪之义，有自夸的成分在里面。是经济学人中很常用的一个词。

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

see 也来自每日一词, 意思是见证，目睹的意思，主语可以是人，物或者时间，地点。有拟人化的修辞手法。

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

remain可以同义替换be, 可以做不及物动词，也可以做系动词，其后常接形容词，un-这类词很常见。强调状态的稳定性和延续性。

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

last 持续，可以与continue 替换，主语一般是一个事件，情形，问题。

Is the current generation of politicians up to the job?

up在这里是短语介词，胜任，有能力的意思。

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

rest 在这里是及物/不及物动词，使倚靠，被支撑。

It weathered the resources bust, too.

weather在这里是经受住，渡过（难关）等。