Corruption:腐败行为，（尤指受贿）腐败，堕落，恶化；贪污，贿赂bribery:行贿。
Corruption and bribery:行贿受贿Competent:有能力的,能胜任的,称职的（to do sth,at/in/for）imcompetentRefrain抑制;克制;戒除refrain from忍住;戒绝;不让自己做某事refrain from smoking禁止吸烟Curl使)弯曲,(使)卷曲go out of curl垮台,一切都完Encounter V.1.遇到,遭遇(尤指不愉快或困难的事)2偶然碰到=come acrossn.遭遇,冲突(with)a chance encounter不期而遇Intense:强烈的,剧烈的;极端的intense life紧张的生活intense heat酷热intense pain剧痛an intense longing渴望区别：intensive加强的,集中的,密集的,短时间内集中紧张进行的I'll make an intensive study of a subject.我将集中学一门课程。
Intensive care in hospital is given to the seriously ill.病情严重的人在医院里得到了精心的护理。
ICU：intensive care unit重点护理组,重症加强护理病房Recruit[riˈkru:t]n.1.新兵，新警员 2.(机构中的)新成员及物动词vt. 1.招聘;吸引(新成员)2.吸收某人为新成员3.动员…（提供帮助）；（通过招募）组成，组建4.雇用；聘请Not just to do,but to doTrack down追捕到,追查出All citizens should help the police in tracking the criminals down.所有市民都应该帮助警察追捕罪犯。
conceal:隐藏，隐瞒；遮住；对...保密conceal from sb.对（某人）隐瞒a razor-sharp intellect:非常聪明的think on one’s feet:头脑反应很快，脑子很快，才思敏捷know sth/sb inside out透彻了解某事/某人credibility可靠性,可信性lack of credibility in不可信,缺乏凭证pro-支持anti-反对pro-low carbon emissions支持低碳排放abortion堕胎in the running for sth有希望得到某物the word is that=words has it that据说，有消息称Word on the street is that you do你只会道听途说Malign[məˈlaɪn]及物动词vt.诽谤,中伤Stellar优秀的，杰出的Summon:传唤;召集summon another waiter to show them to their tableReservation:预约superiority:优越(性),优秀,超[卓]越,优势(to,over),傲慢(to,over)sense of superiority优越感donation:捐赠,赠送intimidate:恐吓,威胁progressive：1.不断前进的,有进展的,逐渐上升的 2.进步的,先进的laughable：adj..荒唐可笑的;有趣的;逗人笑的shiver:(因寒冷,害怕等)颤抖,哆嗦shrug:耸肩(以表示冷淡,怀疑等)shrug sth off/aside不把…当回事；对…满不在乎；对…不予理睬dwelt on:详述，强调.he didn’t dwelt on the details of the matterstand on one’s own feet:自立，自主come from/out of nowhere:出乎意料地发生in various stages of exhaustion:不同程度上的疲劳sweat like pigs:大汗淋漓raring to go形容词adj.<口>渴望的,一心向往的,急于去做的make a dent1引起注意;产生印象2有初步进展,完成开头阶段dead solid still站在那儿一动不动to a man全体，毫无例外的The committee,to a man,adopted the proposal.委员会全体一致采纳了这个建议。
All over the place:凌乱，七零八落Pick up on sth:注意到（不明显的东西）Down the road:将来，今后Fumble.(笨拙地)摸索或处理(某事物)I fumbled for some fix on the situation我琢磨着有什么办法能改变我们的处境Steel n.1.钢,钢铁vt.1.使坚强,使坚定2.准备对付，下决心应付You should steel your heart to take things as they come.你应该硬起心肠,顺其自然。
steel oneself to do sth.硬起心肠去做某事steel oneself(against sth)是自己坚强起来（面对某事）On the scene:在场，到场Out of action不再运转,失去效用I'm out of action with a sore back.我因背痛而不能工作。
come around1.开始接受;理解Don't expect too much of me.I need time to come around to this new idea.2.周而复始;重新来到Late duty for each member of the staff comes around every ten days.工作人员值晚班每十天轮流一次。
不要对我期望太高。
我需要时间接受这一新思想。
3.苏醒,恢复知觉He got faint,but soon came around.他昏死过去,但不久就苏醒了。
4.息怒,消气He'svery angry now;wait till he comes around.他现在正在气头上,等他气消了再说吧。
Chaotic 1.混沌的;一片混乱的;一团糟的;混乱的;杂乱的;紊乱的Extinguish.使熄灭,扑灭2.使…不复存在Toll（战争、灾难等造成的）毁坏；伤亡人数take a toll on something/someone对——造成伤害utmost adj.1.极度的,最大的,最远的Without problem,the utmost problem.没有问题是最大的问题。
n.1.极限,最大限度Each man is free to exercise his special talents to the utmost.每个人都可以尽力发挥他的专长。
Decent adj.1.人或行为举止正派的；公平的；合乎礼节的 2.像样的,过得去的,体面的，相当不错的，尚好的 3.令人满意的,相当好的Evacuate vt.&vi.1.撤离,疏散Massive adj.1.大而重的,大块的2.可观的,巨大的,大量的Ascribe.把…归于;认为…是由于Darren ascribed his success to luckGenius:a stroke of genius：聪明的一招Win over:说服，把——争取过来He disagrees,but we can win him over to our point of viewLet down:使略逊一筹，使美中不足He is a bit let down by the low grade he got.Ride the storm:渡过难关On a par with:与——质量相当，与——水平相同Sack：开除,解雇Spectrum范围,系列Misfortune不幸,厄运,逆境，不幸的事,灾难,灾祸Misfortunes never come aloneProbability n.1.可能性,可能发生的事2.〈数〉概率in all probability极为可能地；很可能地Redundant被解雇的，不需要的;多余的Vulnerable易受伤的,脆弱的,敏感的be vulnerable to易受影响Backwardness will leave us vulnerable to bullying.落后是要受人欺负的。
Product(乘积the product of4and7is28)Incidentally adv.1.顺便提一句 2.偶然地,不经意地Incidental expenses:杂费Adjacent与…毗连的；邻近的be adjacent to接近...Selective adj.精心选择的Frequency;do sth with great frequency:频繁的做某事Exertion 1.努力;费力2.(能力、权力等的)运用;行使Exert every effort to do sth:竭尽全力做某事Alive and kicking活蹦乱跳活泼的,还存在的，不被忘却的。
The idea of marriage is still alive and kickingBe bound to一定的，几乎肯定的Crop up.突然发生;意外地发现It had never occurred to her that a new possibility would crop up abruptly.她万万没有想到会突然出现一种新的可能性。
3.犯错误You seem to have cropped up badly on page11,your acts are wrong.看来你在第11页上出了严重错误,你所提供的情况不对。
Mathematical.数学的,数学上的 2.精确的3可能性极小的a mathematical chance极微小的可能性Neutral adj.1.中立的,不偏不倚的Subsequent 1.随后的,继…之后的His illness was subsequent to his wife's death.他在妻子死后就病倒了。
Cluster使)集中People clustered round the notice board.人们聚集在布告栏周围。