退步setback
古人the ancients
古老的old; ancient; archaeic
逃犯infringe (on); violate
使害怕intimidate; frighten
带来生气enliven
对手rival
吸引人的intriguing
旁观者onlooker
准确地说to be exact; to be precise; precisely
突然醒悟it dawned on me that
仔细思考之后after long deliberation; after careful thought
对比及其相关用词
可互换的interchangeable
可与…相比is comparable with (to)
普遍的prevailing; common; prevalent
是一个对比is a sharp contrast to
比作is likened to; is compared to
多样化的heterogeneous
单一性的homogeneous
一般而言in general; generally speaking; by and large
满于现状be happy with what you are
预测未来project into the future
另一个观点是… looking at the matter is…
不宜取笑… it is not decent to make fun of…
评估社会文化因素 assess (evaluate) sociocultural factors
那并非说… that does not mean that…
那有这回事 there is no such thing as
一个有待克服的困难是… a major hurdle for us to overcome is…
由…造成 caused by; attributable to; due to; resulting from
由…组成 is made up of…; is comprised of; consist
必须问题this problem needs to be considered on two dimensions:
限制limit; restrict; refrain; restrain; keep within limits; confine; keep in check
一般人认为… conventional wisdom suggests that…
这方法有陷阱the method had pitfalls:
说服convince; persuade; cause to believe
具体的specific; concrete; tangible
刻意的intentional; on purpose; intended
费时间去了解…take time to acquaint oneself with…
…是此问题的核心 …is at the
无法估计is beyond calculation; incalculable
无资格的disqualified
