abandon v./n.放弃;放纵 abash v.使 a.越轨的;异常的 aberration n.离开正路,脱离常轨;变形 abet v.教唆,鼓励,帮助 abeyance n.中止,搁置 abhor 害羞,使尴尬 abate v.减轻,减少 abbreviate v.缩短...
61. 增强、提高 escalate v.增强,提高,升级(the escalating cost of addressing these problems) enhance/promote/augment/elevate v. (elevate notion about ) 62. 方法、途径: avenue n.大街, 方法, 途径, 路_______(an a...
56. 恶化;加剧 exacerbate v. 恶化, 增剧, 激怒, 使加剧, 使烦恼 e.g. The problems would only be exacerbated were these decisions left exclusively to federal regulators. e.g. a speech that exacerbated racial tensions || a heav...
51. 若干重;若干刃 a double-edged sword 双刃剑 e.g. This type of advertisement can be a doubt-edged sword, when the product does not make the person be like the person in the advertisement, there can be disappointment and disillus...
46. 名人 notable figures celebrity elite personality (television personalities) 47. 普遍;普及 prevailing adj.普遍的;流行的;占优势的(the prevailing view in Western corporate culture || prevailing principle) popu...
41. take precedence over 居先于;优先于 e.g. This interest might take precedence over the historic value of an old structure that stands in the way of a parking structure. 42. strike a balance among competing interest 43. serve as a su...
36. unprecedented adj.空前的,史无前例的 e.g.the society is changing at a speed which is quite unprecedented. 37. inexorable adj. 不可阻挡的;坚持不懈的;无情的 e.g.Facts are inexorable || the inexorable march of sci...
31. core values upon which any ( democratic ) society depends to thrive. 一个社会赖以繁荣的价值核心 32. be superior (in ) to 比更好,更优秀 e.g. this engine is superior in every respect to that. || whenever moving images...
26. draw a distinction between 区分 e.g.One useful approach is to draw a distinction between personal morality and public morality. 27. catalyst n.催化剂;刺激因素 e.g. circumstance often serves as a catalyst for heroism. 28. acco...
21. serve useful purposes for 有益于 e.g. I agree insofar as some common core curriculum would serve useful purposes for any nation e.g. immediate disclosure would have served no useful purpose and might even have resulted in mass hyster...