1.be burdened with 负重担
Nowadays, senior middle school students are burdened with all kinds of homework and are always exhausted.
如今,高中生负担着各种各样的作业,经常疲惫不堪
2.be premised on 以……为前提
Traditional economic analysis is premised on the assumption that more is better.
传统的经济分析是以多多益善的设想为前提的
3.set aside 搁置
But consumers' fears about price rises forced him to set aside the sale of electricity, gas and water companies.
但是消费者对于价格上扬的担忧迫使他将电力公司、石油公司及自来水公司的出售搁置一边
4.zero-sum 零和博弈
Globalization doesn't have to be a winner-take-all, zero-sum game.
全球化并非一定是赢家通吃的零和游戏