本期選自The Economist 2016-07-23

1. run out of friends
   run out of 本意是耗盡、用完，to use up the available supply of sth <ran out of time>，這里是指土耳其與盟國關系日漸疏遠。
   文中另一個類似的表達是drift away from
   Recep Tayyip Erdogan drifts away from America, NATO and the EU

2. drug habit 藥癮，毒癮
   原文句子：Russia's Olympian drug habit

3. pros and cons 正反雙方，支持者與反對者
   原文：The pros and cons of foreign buy-outs

4. ailing economy 病態(tài)經(jīng)濟
   ailing的本意是生病的，身體不舒服，to cause pain or trouble for (someone)，to suffer bad health，文中形容經(jīng)濟狀況不佳。

5. honour killing 榮譽謀殺; 男性對違反宗教或傳統(tǒng)與別人發(fā)生性關系的女性親屬的謀殺，認為該女性使家族蒙羞
   The killing of a member—often female—ofone’s family or social group by another member of the same family or socialgroup, based on the perpetrators’ belief that the victim has dishonoured thefamily in some fashion.

6. radio silence 停止發(fā)報（時期）
   A status in which all fixed or mobile radiostations in an area stop transmitting (sometimes limited to certain frequency bands) for the period of time during which this status exists.
   文中是指停止無線電廣播節(jié)目。

7. bring down the house 博得滿堂喝采
   原文：Television shows on interior design are bringing down the house.

8. bode ill 兇多吉少，不是好兆頭
   原文：Falling public trust in the territory's police bodes ill.

9. Workplace stress 職場壓力

10. Fuss and bother 麻煩，糾纏不休
    原文論述如何緩解工作壓力。
    *注：以上詞匯釋義來自柯林斯詞典、21世紀大英漢詞典、有道等網(wǎng)絡資源。