These hormones are either amino-acid based and water soluble, or steroidal and lipid-soluble, and may target many types of cells or just turn on specific ones.

这些荷尔蒙要么是基于氨基酸的水溶性荷尔蒙，要么是甾体和脂溶性荷尔蒙，可能针对多种类型的细胞，或者只是针对特定的细胞。

But it also reflects an assumption that has underpinned the Trump administration's attitude to China from the beginning of the trade war: that this approach will yield results, because China's steroidal state capitalism is weaker than it looks.

中国这种打了激素般的国家资本主义外强中干，所以这种打压招数能奏效。