영향력 있는 유럽 도시는 너무 적다

1. it starts looking rather…petite cf. petite: 자그마한

2. dense thicket of wee cities cf. wee: 아주 작은

3. the dispersal of riches across multiple midsize cities cf. midsize: 중간 규모의

4. Having lots of middling cities cf. middling: 보통[중간]의

5. Paris makes an underwhelming urban flagship cf. underwhelming: 기대에 못 미치는

6. the only ones in the EU that make the cut cf. make the cut: 특정 목표를 달성하다

7. none of them quite up to global snuff (up to snuff) cf. up to snuff: 요구되는 수준에 이르는

8. often lack in size, and thus commercial heft cf. heft: 무게감, 영향력

9. none has the oomph of New York cf. oomph: 정력, 특별한 매력

10. Making them mighty engines of economic dynamism is another matter. cf. mighty: 강력한

11. The result is the dispersal of riches cf. dispersal: 분산, 흩어짐

12. Such dispersion gnaws at European competitiveness. (gnaw at) cf. gnaw at: 서서히 갉아먹다

13. continental hubs of global import cf. import: 중요성

14. Even a city with grand aspirations could not outgrow its immediate national confines. cf. outgrow: ~보다 커지다, 벗어날 만큼 자라다

15. this is a sizeable disadvantage cf. disadvantage: 불리한 점, 약점