From Elon Musk to Jamie Dimon, CEOs flock here
1. The CEOs of some of America’s biggest companies are in here this week to take the pulse of one of their top markets after the pandemic.
take the pulse of：
把脈；判斷意向：判斷（例如，政治選民）的傾向或見解；調研判斷事情的狀态或進度
2. They follow a string of visits in recent months.
a string of: 一系列
3. Those limits (“zero-Covid” restrictions) are gone, kicking off an economic recovery in the first quarter that now appears to be sputtering.
kicking off: 開始；啟動
sputter： [ˈspʌtə(r)]
v.&n. 發劈啪聲；氣急敗壞地說，結結巴巴地講；（唾沫）飛濺；疲軟地進行；
4. To drum up business, the government has urged foreign companies to invest more in the country, promising them an open and level playing field.
drum up：
激起，募集：通過努力或宣傳來激發興趣、支援或者收集資源。
To drum up business： 為了招攬生意
an open and level playing field: 開放、公平的競争環境
5. Musk backed the view, saying Tesla was against the notion of “decoupling” with China. 馬斯克支援這一觀點，稱特斯拉反對與中國“脫鈎”的概念。
decoupling:
vt. 減弱震波；使分離
n. [電] 去耦
6. The interests of the United States and China are intertwined like conjoined twins. 中美兩國的利益就像連體嬰一樣交織在一起
intertwine： [ˌɪntəˈtwaɪn]
vt. & vi. 纏繞；糾纏
conjoined twins: [kənˈdʒɔɪnd twɪnz]
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