drastic劇烈的,激烈的,猛烈的同radical
TheNewDealwelfaresafetynetinstalledinthe1930sandaugmentedintheGreatSocietyprogramsofthe1960shasbeenhauledoffforthekindofdrasticrestitchingthatFrance,Germany,ItalyandSwedenhavebeenlaboringoverforthepastyearormore.(TIME,Aug.12,1996,p.25)
“新政”在30年代大張社會福利安全網(wǎng),到了60年代又因“大社會”的各項計劃而變形擴大,如今這張安全網(wǎng)已經(jīng)撤下,準備大肆修補,就像過去一年多來法國、德國、意大利與瑞典這些國家大費周折所做的修改一樣。
[注]augment擴大,加強;tohauloff撤下;restitch瞚ng重新縫補elevated,崇高的Itturnsout,however,thatnoteverymanwhoreachedthepinnacleofAmericanleadershipwasagleamingexampleofself-awareness,empathy,impulsecontrolandotherqualitiesthatmarkanelevatedEQ.(TIME,Oct.9,1995,p.30)然而,結(jié)果是,并非每個攀登到美國領導階層巔峰的人都是具有自知之明、有同理心、能克制沖動,及其他高情商特質(zhì)的閃亮典范。
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