Struggling economy,deteriorating China relations,rising cases
Critical policy decisions on cybersecurity,a ban on tik tok
A supression of free speech for partisan reasons,turnouts
In the firing line
Evaluate changes,more votes or fewer
Reelection
Trailing presumptive
Address issues
Chinese social media platforms
Trending topics
No longer restricted to the technology and finance spheres
Shut out of US cyberspace,under greater scrutiny
Funny meme-style clips and algorithm
A tool to mobilise political movements
Canada New Democrat Party Leader tries to reach young voters
Help sabotage a Trump rally falsely inflate attendance numbers
Words and Phrases
In the firing line
射击，开枪:There was continuous firing throughout the night.
Be in a position where you are likely to be affected,attacked.首当其冲
Bring sth. to a head 处于风口浪尖，众矢之的
If a problem or disagreement comes to a head or is brought to a head,it becomes so bad that sth. must be done about it.
In the end,it was Afghanistan that brought matters to a head.
Be in the cross-nairs
Firms in Hong Kong are in the ~,but...
A struggling（gloomy,sluggish） economy经济不景气
Cyber-网络
cybersecurity 网络安全，cyberbulling网暴，cybercafe网吧
Partisan
Showing too much support for one person, group, or idea, especially without considering it carefully.
Most newspapers are politically partisan.大多数报纸都有政治倾向
Prejudiced, biased,on -sided
turn out出席，参加，前去观看，出席人数，到场人数,投票人数投票率
It was no wonder the fans turned out the matches yielded 259 goals.怪不得球迷们蜂拥而至来观看比赛，这些比赛共产生了259粒进球。
It was a marvellous afternoon with a huge turnout of people.
Low voter turnout and reads a postcard, in turn, could be caused by language access problems, mail delivery issues in flexible work schedules, and transportation issues, she wrote.他写到，投票率低和选票卡回收率低可能是语言不通，邮票投递问题，工作安排不灵活和交通问题造成的。
With less than（two） days to go to somewhere.离...不到..天
Trump administration.特朗普政府。名词＋administration...政府
Trail
To be losing a game or other contest.落后，失利，失败
Trail sb by sth.
选举形式
After trailing in almost every poll after the first round held on February forth, he defeated separate sale by 61% to 39%.
presumptive
Heir presumptive 假定继承人
Likely to be true，based on the facts that are available.Means assume.假设，假定，推定，可能的
nominate
nominate sb for /as sth.提名，推荐
He was nominated as the best actor.他获得了最佳男演员的提名
nominate sb as/to sth.委派，认命
I have been nominated to the Committee.
meme
A type of behaviour that is passed from members of a group to another not in the genes, but by another means such as people copying it.模仿传递行为
meme style clips 多人拍同款短视频
mobilize
To work together in order to achieve a particular aim.To organize a group of people to do this means organize.组织，动员
Her attempt to mobilize public opinion failed.
sabotage
To prevent something from being successful were being achieved especially deliberately.刻意阻碍，妨碍，捣乱＝damage
But it dragged Britain into a war that ultimately sabotaged its status as a great power.
Scupper,Spoil.Pavage.Harm.Wreck
inflate
吹嘘，涨价，膨胀On September 5th, until you are blessed and manager alleged that it had inflated its sales figures, a sign of distrust of an industry with a historically well earned reputation for shoddy quality and shady business practices.9月5日，纽约一家资产管理公司声称其夸大了销售数据。这是对一个历来以质量低劣和商业行为不正当文明的行业的不信任。
deflate
although this is presented as grand romantic gesture during his decidedly more creepy deflating what has been up to now a surprisingly sweet natured and charming让史迄今为止令人惊讶的甜蜜和明日剧情黯然失色。
trending流行的，当下的，热门的
It's no mean feat to be one of the top ten trending hashtag on china's equivalent of Twitter for 20 consecutive days and counting.连续20天起身微博中国版的推特十大热门话题榜，这可不是一件容易的事情。
well-liked,thought-after,fashionable,popular
sought-after
Sought after design.淘宝爆款A sought after actor .当红男演员
One calls this the bats were bust mentality referring to by June Alibaba and Tencent three sought after online giants.有个毕业生管这种心态，叫非BAT不去BAT指的是百度，阿里巴巴和腾讯这三家备受求职者追捧的网络巨头。
scrutiny
stand up to/bear scrutiny经得起认真推敲
His testimony can't bear or stand up to close scrutiny.
