小词详解 | prowess
A nation's path to greatness lies in its economic prowess and that militarism, empire, and aggression lead to a dead end.
一个国家通往伟大的道路在于其强大的经济实力，而军国主义、帝国主义和侵略则是死路一条。
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小词详解 | cascade
When girls are educated, you get effects that cascade throughout society.
当女孩们接受教育后，会在整个社会产生连锁反应。
小词详解 | languid
Pensive they sit, and roll their languid eyes.
他们若有所思地坐着，转动着疲倦的眼睛。
小词详解 | mire
国家积贫积弱、人民贫困如洗，是旧中国留给世人的深刻印象。
In the past, the world knew an old, weak China mired in poverty, its people living in dire misery.
小词详解 | thwart
他正试图阻挠她实现雄心壮志。
He's trying to thwart her ambition.
小词详解 | wallow
Let us not wallow in the valley of despair, I say to you today, my friends.
小词详解 | thaw
One swallow does not make a summer, but one skein of geese, cleaving the murk of March thaw, is the Spring.
一只燕子的来临说明不了夏天，但当一群大雁冲破了三月暖流的雾霭时，春天就来到了。
小词详解 | jostle
How oddly do life and death jostle each other in this strange world of ours! How nearly allied are smiles and tears!
在我们这个奇特的世界里，生与死之间的纠葛是多么古怪！笑与泪之间的联系是多么紧密！
小词详解 | haggle
It is far more important to be able to hit the target than it is to haggle over who makes a weapon or who pulls a trigger.
能够击中目标远比争论谁造武器或谁扣扳机要重要得多。
小词详解 | turmoil
沧海横流，方显出英雄本色。
When the seas are in turmoil, heroes are on their mettle.
小词详解 | squander
Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of.
你热爱生命吗？那么，别浪费时间，因为生命是由时间组成的。
小词详解 | plight
为了民族复兴，无数仁人志士不屈不挠、前仆后继，进行了可歌可泣的斗争，进行了各式各样的尝试，但终究未能改变旧中国的社会性质和中国人民的悲惨命运。
With tenacity and heroism, countless dedicated patriots fought, pressed ahead against the odds, and tried every possible means to seek the nation’s salvation. But despite their efforts, they were powerless to change the nature of society in old China and the plight of the Chinese people.