《经济学人》每日一词

赶时髦
follow the dictates of fashion
物理定律的制约
the dictates of physics

One who condones evils is just as guilty as the one who perpetrates it.
纵容恶行者，与作恶者同罪。

To err is nature, to rectify error is glory.
人孰无过，过而能改，善莫大焉。

无个人成见的异议
objections devoid of personal animus

Anybody who plays the stock market not as an insider is like a man buying cows in the moonlight.
凡非内幕人士炒股者，犹如月光之下买牛群。

一场生死大搏斗
a titanic life-or-death struggle

It is easier to exemplify values than teach them.
价值观，身教易，言传难。

她本想开口，但哈里抢先了一步。
She would have spoken but Harry forestalled her.

这位迷人的女演员很快就令所有的竞争者黯然失色。
The alluring actress soon eclipsed all competitors.

Old habits die hard, I guess. If you don't kick them, they kick you.
积习难改啊。你不踢走它，它就会踢倒你。

中国人供奉祖先的习俗
the Chinese cult of ancestor worship

欠缺考虑的尝试
ill-advised foray