Significant重大的,影響深遠(yuǎn)的同 important 反insignificant

The Presidents ambition to stand taller in the world faces one significant U.S made handicap焍rutal cutbacks in funding American foreign policy.烼IME烴ov.181996焢.30

克林頓總統(tǒng)雄心勃勃想在世界舞臺(tái)上更有自信地昂首闊步,卻面臨美國(guó)自己制造出來的一個(gè)重大障礙:國(guó)會(huì)不留情面,刪減了美國(guó)外交經(jīng)費(fèi)。

sluggish遲緩的,不景氣的

The Paris-based OECD predicted a sluggish rate of growth in 1994 for the G-7 leading industrialized countries.烼IME烰an.31994焢.17

總部設(shè)在巴黎的經(jīng)濟(jì)合作開發(fā)組織預(yù)測(cè),1994年七大工業(yè)國(guó)的經(jīng)濟(jì)成長(zhǎng)率會(huì)趨于遲緩。G