cater

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💬 双语例句

1. Because of a long-standing lack of strategic expertise at the top, the Bank has lacked a clear direction. Many projects have catered to US corporate interests rather than to sustainable development.

   但这一政策却令美国弄巧成拙，也严重地伤害了全世界。 由于世行最高层长期缺乏战略上的专业知识和技能，因此该行一直没有明确的方向。 许多项目与其说是为了可持续发展，不如说是为了迎合美国公司的利益。 世行弄砸了大量的发展项目，解决的全球问题却少之又少。

2. Obama, for his part, catered to economic nationalists by attacking Romney as an “outsourcing pioneer” and calling him an “outsourcer in chief” – as if outsourcing were evil, could be stopped, or Obama himself had done much to discourage it.

   而奥巴马则通过攻击罗姆尼的“业务外包先锋”形象来迎合经济民族主义者，并将对手称之为“首席业务外包官 ” — —似乎业务外包就是洪水猛兽，应该被禁止，或是奥巴马在阻止外包方面作了许多努力似的。

3. This explains, for example, the similarity of the economic platforms offered by the far left and far right in France. Even mainstream parties are under pressure to cater to this insurgent sentiment; defending EU policy proposals is a surefire way to lose an election.

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