标题:A battered TikTok enters an age of chaos as a ban awaits

The video app that once styled itself a joyful politics-free zone is now bracing for a nationwide ban and pinning its hopes on President-elect Donald Trump.

正文： TikTok in its early days promoted itself as the “last sunny corner of the internet,” a bubbly, irreverent video app that was wildly popular and, for a time, politics-free. But after years of grappling with a congressional broadside and geopolitical tug-of-war, the Chinese-owned platform now finds itself staring into the abyss of a nationwide ban.

知识点：bubbly adj.

1. Someone who is bubbly is very lively and cheerful and talks a lot. 活泼、欢快而爱讲话的

...a bubbly girl who loves to laugh. …一个爱笑爱讲话的活泼女孩。

2. If something is bubbly, it has a lot of bubbles in it. 多泡的

Melt the butter over a medium-low heat. When it is melted and bubbly, put in the flour.用中低火把黄油加热。待黄油熔化起泡后，放入面粉。

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