1.be greeted with 受到...的对待
Abroad these theorists’ ideas tend to be greeted with suspicion as excuses for China’s exceptionalism and its rejection of international rules it does not like.
在国外,这些理论家的思想常常被怀疑为中国卓异主义的借口,和它对自己不喜欢的国际规则进行抵制的托词
。2.once upon a time 从前
Once upon a time, there was an island where all the feelings lived: Happiness, Sadness, and all of the others, including Love.
从前,有一座小岛上面居住着所有的情感,有幸福,悲伤和包括爱在内的其它所有的情感
。3.financial flop 较低的票房成绩
Some even argue the first round of quantitative easing turned out to be a flop when officials purchased about $1 trillion in Treasuries during the height of the financial crisis in March 2009.
2009年3月,金融危机最为猛烈之时,美国政府出台了第一轮量化宽松政策,收购了近1万亿美元的美国国债
。 有些批评家甚至指出,此举已经以失败告终 。4.Paramount Pictures 派拉蒙电影公司
We’ve heard that digital movie purchases are the future of entertainment, but Dell and Paramount Picturesare taking the concept to the extreme.
我们听说数字电影的买卖是娱乐界的未来,戴尔和派拉蒙电影公司把这个概念发挥到极致 。