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|蒸蒸日上|private notes(2)-for memorizing
If you give, you better get; otherwise, there will be no end to the giving. 如果你要给予，你最好得到回报；否则，你会无止境地付出。
have been turned on its head 本末倒置
status quo 拉丁语 意为“现状”
reciprocity--give and take, esp. the interchange of pricileges between countries and organizations
withdrawal without reciprocity: 单方面撤军
deterrence 威慑
galore--adv. in abundance (placed after noun)
leave problems galore: 遗留大量难题
nowhere to go and nothing to lose 没有出路，无所顾忌
adage 谚语；格言
street-smart 熟悉都市生活方式的
underscore 强调；加强
flurry 混乱；不安
exacerbete 加剧；使恶化
the departure point 出发点
aversion 厌恶；反感
bombshell 出人意料的事；引起轰动（或震惊）的事
comtemplate 考虑；打算；计议
interlotutor 对话者；参加谈话者
evacuation 清除；撤离
annexation 吞并；合并
disengagement 撤军；放弃
initiative 行动
rough-and-tumble 吵闹纷争
inextricably 分不开地；无法摆脱地
predicament 困境；尴尬的处境
arsenal 军火库
theft 偷窃
sabotage 蓄意破坏
inertia [
] n. 惯性, 惰性, 迟钝 【化】 惯性 【医】 惰性, 不活动, 无力
I hope that dynamic leaders within national goverments, international institutions and civil society will step forward with the vision, the integrity and the will to reverse the inertia of fear and insecurity.
start anew 重新开始
starting life anew in a fresh place 到一个新地方开始新的生活
I hope we can all agree to sit down together, and to start anew.
Cannes 
戛纳[法国东南部港市]
The 53rd Cannes Film Festival 第53届戛纳电影节
go there for the invalid's health 去那儿养病
bash (俚语)社交聚会，活动
Barcelona 
n. 巴塞罗纳(西班牙东北部港市)
fatalistic 
adj. 宿命论的
Joan, after the first bitter reproaches for the mad disobedience of her repeated injunctions of secrecy, treats the affair with her usual fatalistic light-heartedness;
琼先是痛骂女儿愚蠢，不听从她不可泄漏秘密的一再告诫，然后又采取听天由命、漫不经心的态度来对待这件事。
Finally her father's death, resulting in the eviction of her family from their home, precipitates Tess's doom, and as a last desperate reparation to her helpless mother and sisters she yields, with a fatalistic calm, to the inevitable.
最后，父亲的去世，全家被逐出家门，这件事终于决定了苔丝的命运。作为对无依无靠的母亲和妹妹们的最后无可挽救的补偿，她屈服了，以平静地听天由命的心情，走上了不可避免的道路。
An Iranian earthquake specialist said in October that earthquake education in Iran was very poor, making people fatalistic about taking precautions.
disoriented adj. 分不清方向或目标的, 无判断力的
A confused, disoriented state of mind.
晕头转向心境的混乱、迷失方向的状态
cause to be lost or disoriented.
致使迷惑或者失去判断力。
They became deeply intoxicated and totally disoriented.
他们酩酊大醉，东南西北全然不辨。
The condition of being confused or disoriented.
困惑处于迷惑或迷失方向的状况
The victim of the traffic accident was disoriented.
出车祸的人已丧失判断力。
I frequently find myself disoriented when I come up out of the subway; the anesthetic left her completely disoriented.
每当走出地铁的时候，我常常会感觉迷失了方向；麻醉剂使她完全失去了知觉。
Saddam was later described as resigned and submissive, bewildered and disoriented.
consign vt. 交付, 储蓄, 委托, 寄存 【经】 托卖, 寄存, 寄销
consign sb. to a stay somewhere
sprawling
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e.g. sprawling,chaotic unibersitiesrepulse repulse –verb (used with object)
e.g. I was both interested and repulsed by your cober story on plastic surgery. ethanol
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