今天我們要學的詞是 exert.

exert 的意思是發揮（作用），施加（力量）。 Beijing is taking a range of steps to exert more control over the One Belt One Road program after allegations of corruption and a lack of sustainability dogged some of its highest-profile projects. 北京正采取一系列措施加強對一帶一路計劃的控制，之前一些引人注目的項目因腐敗指控和無法持續而受挫。

The Trump administration continues to exert diplomatic and economic pressure on Maduro's regime as part of an increasing effort to force Venezuela's embattled dictator to step down. 特朗普政府繼續在外交和經濟上對委內瑞拉的馬杜羅政權施壓，這是加大力度迫使這位陷入困境的獨裁者下臺的努力之一。