1. level the playing field創造公平競爭的環境
2. make complaints about sth 抱怨
3. a host of大量，許多
4. a predetermined amount of 預定的數目
at a predetermined time 在預定的時間內
5. go/become overdrawn 透支
6. barely=hardly=scarcely 幾乎不
7. to date=so far迄今為止
8. dire warning 嚴重警告
dire consequences 嚴重后果
dire poverty赤貧 ?
in dire need急需
9. be unscathed by未受~影響的
10. disruption中斷，擾亂
11. mount a challenge發起挑戰
12. an incumbent president現任總統
13. resilient堅韌的
14. cumbersome= complicated + inefficient復雜低效的
15. conduct a transaction進行交易
16. transform the landscape改變局面
17. give explicit consent給出明確許可
18. wave through完成
19. liability法律責任
20. robust system強勁的系統
21. be watered down被沖淡，緩和
22. bare its teeth露出爪牙
