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The Economist November 30th 2024 Leaders
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1. fritter away
fritter something away 挥霍，浪费（金钱、时间或机会）
同义词：waste, spend, squander
造个句子
If I've got money in my pocket, I tend to fritter it away.
如果口袋里有点钱，我往往就挥霍一空。
2. hang over
hang over（威胁或疑虑）笼罩，萦绕
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It’s a beautiful word
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For decades the benefits of global trade were so widely accepted that retaliatory tariffs were limited to trade disputes. Today free trade has depressingly few advocates, and tariffs are usedwilly-nilly. Even if Mr Trump intends them only as a negotiating tactic, the fear that the gains from trade might easily be frittered away willhang over the world economy.
几十年来，人们普遍认可全球贸易带来的好处，报复性关税仅限于贸易争端。如今，自由贸易的拥护者少得令人沮丧，关税被随意使用。即使特朗普只是把关税作为一种谈判策略，但对贸易收益可能被轻易浪费的担忧也将会笼罩全球经济。