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2019年2月6日星期三

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Tariff: a schedule of duties imposed by a government on imported or in some countries exported goods (m-w.com)

Parliament: the supreme (至上的) legislative body of a usually major political unit that is a continuing institution comprising a series of individual assemblages 聚集 (m-w.com)

Interwar: occurring or existing in the time between wars and especially between the First and Second World Wars (m-w.com)

Constitution: the basic principles and laws of a nation, state, or social group that determine the powers and duties of the government and guarantee certain rights to the people in it (m-w.com)

The Treaty of Versailles (凡爾賽條約) was the primary treaty produced by the Paris Peace Conference at the end of World War I. It was signed on June 28, 1919, by the Allied and associated powers and by Germany in the Hall of Mirrors in the Palace of Versailles and went into effect on January 10, 1920. The treaty gave some German territories to neighboring countries and placed other German territories under international supervision. In addition, Germany was stripped (to deprive of possessions) of its overseas colonies, its military capabilities were severely restricted, and it was required to pay war reparations (戰爭賠款) to the Allied countries. The treaty also created the League of Nations 國際聯盟. (www.britannica.com)

Comprador: a Chinese agent engaged by a foreign establishment in China to have charge of its Chinese employees and to act as an intermediary in business affairs (m-w.com)

Bolshevism: the doctrine (主義) or program of the Bolsheviks advocating violent overthrow (推翻) of capitalism (m-w.com)

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