1.tie-up 协作
例句:The tie-up of BHP and Rio Tinto has increased their monopoly power further.
必和必拓和力拓的联合进一步增强了他们垄断性的力量
。2.be interested in 对……感兴趣
例句:And why should anyone be interested in listening to our cough?
凭什么会有人感兴趣来听我们的咳嗽呢?
3.preliminary agreement 初步协议
例句:The parties reached a preliminary agreement last year and spent the past seven months getting nods from Beijing and the Bahamian government.
双方去年达成了一项初步协议,过去七个月则在接受北京方面和巴哈马政府的审批
。4.a flurry of 一阵
例句:About that erosion: there has been a flurry of reporting recently about threats to the dominance of America’s elite universities.
关于侵蚀现象:最近关于美国名牌大学的统治地位受到撼动的报道颇有疾风骤雨之势
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