外刊精讲 | 经济学人重磅：美国在衰落，但中国反而更警惕

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标题：China thinks America is declining but still uniquely dangerous

It sees Donald Trump as both symptom and accelerant of the decline

正文：In late January, as Donald Trump completed his first year back in the White House, a group of scholars in Beijing penned a report thanking the American president. Their gratitude was sarcastic, not an endorsement of Trumpian policy. But the sentiment behind it was genuine. Thank you, they wrote, to President Trump for driving away America’s traditional allies. Thank you for showing the world that China is more trustworthy and stable. Thank you for putting economic pressure on China and thus pushing it to innovate. And thank you, most of all, for illustrating that America is in its “imperial twilight”, a decaying and hypocritical power.

知识点：penned /pend/动词过去式 / 过去分词，源自动词 pen，源自古英语 penna（原意为“羽毛笔”，古代以羽毛笔书写，由此引申出 “书写” 义），词根 pen- 原义为 “羽毛、羽管”，引申为 “撰写、书写”
本义为（正式书面语境）撰写、写（文章、报告、信件等），语体比 write 更正式、更具书面感，核心搭配为 penned a report（撰写一份报告）、penned an open letter（写了一封公开信）、penned a column（撰写专栏）
・In late January, a group of Chinese scholars penned a sarcastic report about the US president's foreign policies. 一月下旬，一群中国学者撰写了一份关于美国总统外交政策的讽刺性报告。
・She penned a heartfelt article to share her insights on gender equality in the workplace. 她撰写了一篇真挚的文章，分享自己对职场性别平等的见解。

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