||1:Yet even the lobbyists are careful not to call too loudly for the lifting of all strictures.||2:The American Gaming Association says it takes no position on whether more states should legalise gambling.||3:DISCUS claims not to mind whether states run their own liquor stores, as long as they are willing to “modernise ” them by allowing tastings, long hours, a big choice and so on.

||1:然而即使游说团也是小心谨慎，没有过分要求消除所有限制。||2:美国博彩协会说，对是否有更多的州实现赌博合法化不发表任何立场。||3:美国蒸馏酒理事会声称不会介意各州是否经营烈性酒商店，只要他们愿意放宽限制，允许举行品酒大会，延长营业时间，开放更多的选择等等。

||1: It does not necessarily follow that this assault on New York will also end in tears. ||2: Whereas Mitsubishi overpaid, the Chinese investors seem to be negotiating reasonable deals. ||3: Michael Cohen of Colliers International, a property-services firm, says that although Fosun must modernise the ageing Chase tower, “The price per square foot appears to be a bargain.”

||1:在纽约的此番“袭击”未必会像日本那样悲剧收场。||2:当初三菱收购价过高，而中国的投资者们正商榷一个合理价格交易。||3: 来自一家物业服务企业高力国际的Michael Cohen表示，尽管复星国际需要革新老化的大通大厦，但是“每平方尺的价格很便宜。”

America is allowing IMF and World Bank teams to visit the country in part to help the government modernise its sclerotic financial system.

现在美国正允许世界货币基金组织以及世界银行的工作组在一些领域内访问缅甸以帮助该国政府扭转僵化的金融系统、实现现代化。

So the world’s aviation authorities are seeking to modernise the whole system, streamlining the routing of flights and providing much more real-time information to pilots and controllers.

因此，全世界的航空当局正致力于革新整个航空系统，使航行路线更为顺畅，提供飞行员和管制员更加及时的信息。

So the world’s aviation authorities are seeking to modernise the whole system, streamlining the routing of flights and providing much more real-time information to pilots and controllers.

因此，世界航空管理部门都在尝试使整个系统实现现代化，让航空路线效率更高，并向飞行员和空管员提供更多的实时信息。

“We are helping Shanghai as much as possible to modernise the market, ” Mr Tsang said.

“我们正在尽力帮助上海股市实现现代化，”曾荫权表示。

In February the stimulus package allotted $11 billion to modernise the grid.

2月份，政府在经济刺激方案中分出110亿美元用于电网改造。

Mr Guriev suggests that the reason Russia has failed to modernise is that its ruling class can pocket rents from things as they are.

Guriev表示俄罗斯之所以无法现代化是因为其统治阶层可以轻松地进行权力寻租。

The state may be weak, but in his view society is strong, which both holds the place together and frustrates attempts to modernise it.

巴基斯坦国家可能很弱，但他认为巴基斯坦社会很强，这两者把这个地方容纳在一起，并挫败了一切使之现代化的尝试。

One of the forgotten victims of the financial crash was the project to “modernise ” the Tory party.

保守党“现代化”的计划成为在金融危机中被遗忘的一个牺牲品。

The argument centres on a deal struck in 2007 to modernise the company.

此次争论的焦点在于2007年那次为推进邮政公司现代化所达成的协议。

Since then, America has constantly called on European armies to modernise themselves, but progress has been slow.

此后，美国就不断呼吁欧洲各国要使他们的军队现代化，但是进展缓慢。

A decade ago a few brave souls tried to use the emerging power of the internet to modernise this fragmented and frustrating business.

大约十年前，一些勇敢的先行者尝试利用新生的网络力量来使这个支离破碎和令人沮丧的行业赶上现代化的班车。

But their cash and know-how could help modernise Indian farming and move crops faster from fields to shopping baskets.

但超市所带来的现金流和运营诀窍会给印度的农业现代化带来帮助，并且能使农作物更快地从农田进入人们的菜篮子中。

Such skills, however, do not mean that the newcomers will modernise the party or democratise Chinese politics.

但是，此类技能并不意味着这些新人将会对中国共产党进行现代化改造，或推动中国政治民主化。

But Hogg counters: “Our aim is to modernise and globalise traditional Chinese medicine. ”

但是霍格回应说：“我们的目的是实现传统中药现代化和全球化。”

Local leaders have ambitious plans to develop new port facilities and hotels, and to modernise the dry dock.

当地的领导人也有宏伟的计划，要将此处打造成为一个具有全新港口设施和旅馆的现代化干船坞。

Of course, much else must be done as well, notably to modernise China’s primitive financial systems.

当然，还有很多其它工作要做，尤其是必须让中国落后的金融体系实现现代化。

Indeed, the billions of euros flooding from Brussels to modernise infrastructure and public services often prove a fount of corruption.

的确，过去从布鲁塞尔涌入的用于现代化与基础服务项目建设的数十亿欧元正是腐败之源。

The first option has its logic: why let a repressive, demeaning system modernise itself slowly?

第一种选择有着其道理：为什么让一个压抑、堕落的体系拖慢了其现代化进程？

The Russians argue that extending the lease will allow it to modernise the fleet.

俄国人认为延长租约的期限将允许对这个舰队进行现代化改造。

In India, it is that failure to modernise the country’s creaking infrastructure will choke off growth.

而印度所面临的风险是，如果该国落后的基础设施不能得以改善，其经济增长将陷入停滞。

Over the next two decades appetite for metals is likely to double as China and India urbanise and modernise .

过去十年里，中国和印度两国城市化和现代化过程，对金属的需求增长了一倍。

Default would not absolve it of the need to overhaul its institutions and modernise its economy.

即使真的违约，希腊也必须改革其各项制度，对其经济进行现代化改造。

In short, Mr Simsek still has much work to do to modernise and reform Turkey’s economy.

简而言之，在实现土耳其经济现代化和改革的道路上，希姆塞克任重而道远。

Shifting the rural population into big cities is the only way for the nation to modernise .

将农村人口转移到城市中是中国实现现代化的唯一途径。

The Chinese defence minister visited just before the elections to agree to modernise Kenya’s armed forces.

就在大选之前，中国国防部长访问了肯尼亚并赞同使肯尼亚的军队现代化。

Perhaps the biggest cause of Latin America’s low productivity is lack of credit that would allow businesses to expand and modernise .

可能造成拉丁美洲低生产力的最大原因是缺乏使企业扩张和实现现代化的贷款。

Without proper political competition, Russia is destined to waste its resources and cannot modernise .

没有适当的政治竞争，俄罗斯注定将浪费它的资源，也无法实现现代化。

With Mr Medvedev watching from the sidelines, Mr Putin pledged to tackle inflation, cut oil taxes and modernise the economy.

梅德韦杰夫列席出席了该会议，普京承诺将控制通胀、降低原油税，并让俄罗斯经济实现现代化。

modernise=modernize

n.使现代化