Foreign direct investment:外国直接投资
Inflow: the movement of a lot of money, people or things into a place from somewhere else (资金,人或事物的)流入,涌入
inflows of capital from abroad
国外资金的流入
a steady inflow of refugees
难民的不断涌入
Pick up: if a situation picks up, it improves 改善,好转,增强
Trade usually picks up in the spring.
贸易一般在春天回升.
Sales have picked up 14% this year.
今年的销售额增长了14%.
Momentum: the ability to keep increasing, developing, or being more successful 推进力,动力,势头
gain/gather momentum
The fight for his release gathers momentum each day.
争取使他获释的斗争声势日益加强.
They began to lose momentum in the second half of the game.
在比赛的下半场,他们的势头就逐渐减弱.