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...

16. provide necessary impetus for 给与动力 e.g. It is almost always a key individual who provide the necessary imputes for what otherwise might be a group effort, as discussed below. 17. favor v.赐予；给与 e.g. He was favored with...

11. dimension n.大小；体积；程度；范围 e.g. a creature of huge dimensions. || I did not realize the dimensions of the problem. e.g. There is a dimension to the problem that we have not discussed. || various dimensions of human ex...

6. resort to 诉诸 e.g.there is no necessity to resort to violent actions such as demonstration, riot or rebel. 7. hinge on 以为转移，靠转动 e.g. The claim that societys destiny hinges on how children are socialized, while appealin...

1. counterproductive adj.产生相反效果（结果）的 e.g. It is counterproductive to be too tough: it just makes the staff resentful. e.g. Although the speaker overlooks certain circumstances in which undue skepticism might be counter...