1: beckon :something that is likely to happen 很可能发生或出现

2: reeling from 受...不好的影响

3: body blow 遭受重创

4: year on year 与去年同期相比

5: unfettered:not controlled or restricted 无拘无束的

6: bias :a strong favor of sth,偏见偏爱

7: inward looking: 只关注自己的不关注外界的

8: enfeeble : make sth weak 使..衰弱

9: stagnated : stop changing or progressing 停滞不前的

10: autocratic:独裁的

11: agenda : a list of items to be discussed at a meeting 会议的议事日程

12: contempt：蔑视轻视

13:decouple: to end the connection between two things 分离隔断