1.decision-making 决策
You have to have the trust of these decision-making authorities within government. You have to be friends with these people.
政府关系可以使大家喜欢你,你必须获得这些政府内部决策机构的信任,你必须与这些人交朋友
。2.in favor of 赞同
These are arguments in favor of this hypothesis.
这些就是支持这个假设的论据
。3.public hearing 听证会
Today is the start for a two-day public hearing convened by the Institute of Medicine, which is examining whether there is still a need for invasive chimpanzee research.
自今日起,由美国医学学会举行为期两日的公众听证会,目的就是深究一下是否还有需要开展以伤害大猩猩为代价的研究
。4.suffer from 遭受
Add all this up and Mr Martin argues that both America and Britain suffer from weak demand rather than enfeebled supply.
将所有的因素加起来,马丁认为美国和英国都遭受这低迷的需求而不是衰弱的供给