1.favor to 有利于
High inflation, a source of social unrest in China, could work in Yum's favor to some extent as low-price menus at KFC and Pizza Hut boost sales.
高通脹可能在一定程度上有利于百勝,因為肯德基和必勝客的低價菜單推動了銷售 。 高通脹是中國社會不穩定的一個根源 。
2.treasury crisis 財政危機
Decisions by the Fed-Treasury financial crisis management team -- such as letting investment bank Lehman Brothers fail -- could also be called into question.
美聯儲和財政部聯合作出的一些決定,如允許投行雷曼兄弟破產,也可能成為貝南克的絆腳石.
3.electoral vote 選票
The District of Columbia -- where Washington is located -- has no voting representation in Congress, but nevertheless has three electoral votes.
哥倫比亞特區──首都華盛頓所在地──在國會中沒有正式代表,但有三張選舉人票
。4.a majority of 絕大多數
You can point out ,if you are man, a majority of poets and scientists are male; you could refute, if you are woman, most criminals are male as well .
如果你是男子,你可以指出,大多數詩人和科學家都是男性;如果你是女子,你可以反駁說大多數罪犯也都是男人
。5.war veterans 退役老兵
A few people have tried to link the health problems of Gulf War veterans to the possible presence of squalene in the vaccines these soldiers received.
一些人試圖將海灣戰爭退伍軍人的健康問題同這些軍人曾接種過的疫苗中所含的角鯊烯聯系起來
。