1.Other signatories—Britain,France and Germany—saidtheywould continue to honourthe agreement, to whichIran seemed to be adhering.
honor the agreement 遵守约定
2.militia-cum-political
-cum-
prep.（介词）Together with; plus. Often used in combination: 和，与，加上：与…一起；加上。通常用于复合词中：
our attic-cum-studio. 我们的阁楼兼作录音室
3.crippling =serious
4.liquidity crisis 流动性危机
5.Italy remained without a government; but the odds for one led by a technocrat appointed by the president receded.
odds=possibility
新闻力求简洁，'odds' preferred.
6.on the cards：adv. 可能
7.pervert 扭曲，使堕落
8.【佳句】Mr Iqbal’s outspoken defence of minorities has earned him the enmity of Muslim radicals.
9.baron 男爵；大亨
10. jailbird 累犯
11.attorney-general 首席检察官（因美国刑辩交易，因此此职位位高权重）
DA district attorney 地区检察官
12.gobble up 狼吞虎咽
13.crown prince 王储；皇太子
14. thrusting 强有力的；有进取心的ambitious
15.war chest 战争基金；专款
16.grandee n. 贵族；要人；大公（西班牙或葡萄牙最高爵位）
17.notch up
top notch 大腕
18.In five years’ time the fund plans to have invested in 70-100 technology unicorns, privately held startups valued at $1bn or more.
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19.Its money, often handed to entrepreneurs in multiples of the amounts they initially demand and accompanied by the threat that the cash will go to the competition if they balk, gives startups the wherewithal to outgun worse-funded rivals.
长难句
balk止步不前
wherewithal 必要资金
20.moolah 【美俚】钱
21.forays 初次尝试
22.Bulk up: to gain weight especially by becoming more muscular
23.clarifying glare of the public markets 群众的眼睛是雪亮的哈哈
24.carve up 瓜分
25.obstetrician 产科医生
26.platelets 血小板
27.hemophiliac n. 血友病患者
28.rabies, tetanus and Rhesus disease 狂犬病，破伤风，恒河猴症
29.hepatitis 肝炎
30.populist =populistic 民粹的
31. handout 散发材料
32.run-up 前期 后用to
33.comeuppance 因果报应
34. strident 尖锐的，不和谐的
35.odious 可憎的
36.roll back 减少
37.unwieldy=cumbersome
38. defector 叛jiezhe
39.spurious 假的
40.Nonetheless, it ishard to imagine thatUMNO’s loss will not
change Malaysia for the better.
绕晕了
41.
