Corruption , grandstanding and total incompetence may sink brazil 's dreams of becoming an oil exporting powerhouse .

腐败、闹剧和完全缺乏竞争力可能打碎巴西成为石油出口大国的梦想。

Can nintendo 's 3ds handheld become a powerhouse e-reader ?

任天堂（Nintendo）的3DS掌上游戏机能否成为一款流行的电子书阅读器？

Freak snowstorms have short-circuited the economic powerhouse china .

反常的暴风雨已经让中国这个经济发电站发生短路。

Yet as quickly as china has risen as an athletic powerhouse , so have questions from other teams clouding its achievements .

然而，就在中国迅速崛起为体育强国的同时，其他国家对中国体育成就的质疑也迅速浮出水面。

The image of white-suited colonials sipping singapore slings on the raffles hotel veranda have long been subsumed by singapore 's reputation as a corruption-free ( and chewing-gum-free ) economic powerhouse .

白色适合喝着新加坡莱佛士酒店阳台上的吊索殖民者的形象早已被纳入新加坡的声誉作为一个廉洁的（口香糖免费）经济强国。