多元化: diversification, pluralism, to diversify...
疏通: to unblock, to dredge, to clear the way, to get things flowing, to facilitate, to mediate, to lobby, to explicate (a text)...
或: maybe, perhaps, might, possibly, or...
怜惜: to take pity on, to feel tenderness toward...
腐败: corruption, to corrupt, to rot, rotten...
伤口: wound, cut...
业务: business, professional work, service...
莲子: lotus seed...
地域: area, district, region...
症结: hard lump in the abdomen (in Chinese medicine), crux of an issue, main point in an argument, sticking point, deadlock in negotiations...