1. level the playing field创造公平竞争的环境

2. make complaints about sth 抱怨

3. a host of大量，许多

4. a predetermined amount of 预定的数目

at a predetermined time 在预定的时间内

5. go/become overdrawn 透支

6. barely=hardly=scarcely 几乎不

7. to date=so far迄今为止

8. dire warning 严重警告

dire consequences 严重后果

dire poverty赤贫  

in dire need急需

9. be unscathed by未受~影响的

10. disruption中断，扰乱

11. mount a challenge发起挑战

12. an incumbent president现任总统

13. resilient坚韧的

14. cumbersome= complicated + inefficient复杂低效的

15. conduct a transaction进行交易

16. transform the landscape改变局面

17. give explicit consent给出明确许可

18. wave through完成

19. liability法律责任

20. robust system强劲的系统

21. be watered down被冲淡，缓和

22. bare its teeth露出爪牙