#英文#品读中国城市个性——最好的和最坏的&当东方遇到西方

冒险家的乐园 a playground of risk

实现发财梦 realize one's dreams of wealth

道德沦丧，堕落 moral deprivation

租界 foreign concession

​新兴的中产阶级 budding middle class

新闻自由 freedom of the press

为...提供平台​​ provide the platform for

发表言论 air one's disputes

繁荣的表象 prosperous

制定游戏规则 make the rules of the game

特权地位 privileged position

利益同盟​ mutually beneficial alliances

绣花鞋 embroidered shoes

东方情调 Eastern atmosphere

总的说来 in sum

​舶来品 imported commodity

多元文化的环境 multicultural environments

痴迷 go crazy over

​合身的 form fitting

魅力 allure

满足...的幻想 live up to the fantasies of

绝佳的搭配 seamless blend

仿建 be modeled after

海派文化 Shanghai Culture

​模仿 imitation

​战乱 upheaval

中西合璧 a fusion of Western and Chinese styles

​会场，案发地点 venue