are grappling with a choice of:正在努力选择
allegiance:效忠
six recessions :六次衰退
has lost ground to:输给了
curb ties with :限制
assassin:刺客
outspoken:直言不讳的
intervention:干预
pragmatic:务实
swap.:交换
exclusive interview:独家采访
drive large swaths of xxx’s economy:推动了经济的发展
commodities:大宗商品
rout:暴跌
rein in:限制了
infrastructure projects:基础设施项目
superpower:超级大国
swap line,:交换额度
depleted:耗尽的
take a wrecking ball to:破坏
damp inflation:抑制通货膨胀
hard-pressed:很难
governed from:执政
cool ties with:冷却
plays out.:发挥作用
Sprawling Reach:广阔的范围
towering monolith:高耸的巨石
glistening financial district:闪闪发光的金融区
testament to the shifting geopolitics :地缘政治变化的证明
stroll through corridors:在走廊里漫步
strategic sectors:战略领域
exited:退出
racking up a million retail accounts :建立了
at the country’s southern tip:在该国的最南端
negotiations :谈判
inspect:检查
muscled into :大举进军
leapfrogged:超越
top client :顶级客户
pig herds:猪群
recalibrating its investments:重新调整投资
signature initiative:标志性倡议
build-outs:构建
demonized:妖魔化
signed up to the initiative:签署该协议
wary of:谨慎
incursion:入侵
harvesting natural resources:获取自然资源
Early Blunder:早期的错误
echo remarks:呼应了言论
lashed out:猛烈抨击
surrender to the encroachment of the state.:屈服于国家的侵犯
shrinking its enormous presence:缩减他的影响力
rock the boat too violently. :不能太猛烈地搅局
a frantic chain of:一系列疯狂事件
reiterated:重申
captioned it with:用...作为标题
handshake:握手
keep the status quo :维持现状
foreign-policy retaliation :外交政策报复
coordinate action :协调行动
risks undermining :损害
in the dispute:在争论中
comparable position::类似的立场
fiercely asserts its sovereignty:强烈主张其主权
curry favor with his ideological ally:讨好他的意识形态盟友
cozied up :示好
trespass :侵入
catch squid:抓鱿鱼
lure investments:吸引投资
stabilizing the economy:稳定经济
ditching :抛弃
modify the currency swap:修改货币互换
have one part :一席之地
counterpart :有对应的人
hyperinflation:恶行通货膨胀
recipient of commercial loans :商业贷款接收人
spell the difference:会带来差异