每日一词weather v.

weather

英英释义：to deal successfully with a difficult situation or a problem

例句：Over the past 20 years, Alibaba has weathered storms and scandals.

常用作动词，表示“渡过（难关）” “从困难中挺过来”。在一些语境中，使用 weather 比 deal with 或者 experience 更准确。

weather 表示这个意思的时候，后面常接有负向含义的名词，例如 crisis/recession/criticism/scandal。比如夫妻刚结婚的时候难免要熬过一段适应期：

The couple had to weather some difficult times in the early years of their marriage.

像阿里巴巴这样的企业，创业过程中有过丑闻，经历过大风大浪。我们就可以说：

Over the past 20 years, Alibaba has weathered storms and scandals.（weather the storm 是个习惯表达，表示“渡过难关”）

《经济学人》在报道石油巨头 ExxonMobil 时就用到了 weather 的这种用法：

It has weathered lawsuits over everything from a leaky petrol station to abetting torture in Indonesia.

这里的 lawsuit 也是有负面意义的名词，说明它虽然官司不断，但是最终都能挺过来。

翻译：

The company weathered financial crisis and gained prosperity.

The company weathered financial crisis and thrived.

【怎样表达一个公司/企业的发展？应注意积累】

情景：business

造句：Earnings for the final three months of 2018 were better than investors feared, but they did not inspire confidence that Big Tech would weather a global economic slowdown well, particularly in China.

情景：weather crisis

造句：Walker’s omniscient narrator follows several sets of people weathering the crisis in Santa Lora, including Mei, who is the heart of the book.

情景：politics

造句：But Abrams said “a storm is brewing” inside his government and the Venezuelan leader “will not be able to weather it much longer.”

情景：States File Suit Against Trump Administration Over Wall Emergency

造句：Trump has to weather the lawsuits filed against his administration over his emergency declaration to fund border wall.

【wither】