1. Axiom: an established rule or principle or a self-evident truth公理,定理
2.Inculcate:Teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions. 竭力主张,极力灌输
Even in primary schools, children are inculcated with the admiration of scientific bias.
3.Inevitable: Incapable of being avoided or prevented无法避免的,必然发生的
There are ends we don't desire, but they're inevitable, we have to face them
4. Fraught:full of or accompanied by something specified充满着不愉快的事情的
The expedition through the jungle was fraught with difficulties and danger.
穿越森林的探险充满了艰辛和危险。
5. Scrutinize:To look at critically or searchingly, or in minute detail. 仔细检查,认真审查(强调细致)
The federal government has also begun to scrutinize the cost of its subsidies more carefully, especially in the power sector.
6. Rectify:Set straight or right矫正
I made a mistake that can not be rectified.
我犯了一个无法改正的错误。
7. Orthodoxy:A belief or orientation agreeing with conventional standards. 正统观念,普遍接受的观点(不可数名词)
Ricardo was not the first to challenge the mercantilist orthodoxy.
李嘉图并不是第一个向重商主义正统观念提出挑战的人。(TAT….又让我想起我悲惨的国际经济学….)
8. Prodigious: exciting amazement or wonder惊人的,奇异的
We are all overwhelmed by his prodigious memory.
我们都被他那惊人的记忆力折服了。
9. Ineffable: incapable of being expressed in words妙不可言的,说不出的
用处:用以形容成功质疑权威等之后的感觉.
10. path-breaking: 划时代的,先锋的,开创性
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