1. prior to … 在...之前
2. reach the overwhelming consensus 達成絕對一致
3. be not rivaled … 沒有什麼能夠匹敵
4. be hailed as 被當作。。。(好事)
5. trigger 導致
6. a fringe of 一小部分
7. discrepancy 差異
8. built-in 內建
9. inclination 傾向
10. develop a hit-list of our main fears 列出一串我們很擔憂的'事情
11. in vast numbers 大量地
12. appear=seem 看起來
13. pose a devastating problem 帶來了嚴重的問題
14. have=share
15. it will matter/work 會起作用的
16. do more harm than good 弊大於利
17. amount to 攀升
18. to put it another way, 換言之
19. launch 開始、啟動
20. be derived from … 來自於
21. the impetus/drive of … …的動力
22. make sth possible/make it possible that使…成為可能
23. be known as ..以… 而著稱
24. enjoy an unparalleled popularity 無比流行
25. serve … purpose 實現…的目標
26. have superiority/inferiority to 比 … 優越/比 … 自卑
27. rely on/rest on 取決於
28. viewed from this angle 從這個角度看
29. tap into=understand
30. result from 由於。。。
31. full-fledged 發達的
32. dimension 方面
33. dub 授予… 稱號
34. foreseeable 可預見的
35. painstaking 痛苦的(艱鉅的)painstaking task
36. far from… 遠沒有達到
37 one’s broadest 38 against 而不是絕對的高分用法
●高分副詞:
Mainly, properly, appropriately, understandably , overwhelmingly, instantly, clearly, radically, merely=just=only, unnecessarily, impulsively, especially, entirely, merrily, mentally, physically, generally, keenly, seemingly, strikingly, Utterly, somewhat, moderately, intensely, considerably, fiercely, severely, superficially, virtually, appreciably,vexingly
