Commencement:學位頒授典禮
Navigate:航行,橫渡
The large ship could not navigate the river.
那艘大輪船不能在河里航行.
Utopian:烏托邦的,理想主義的,空想的,幻想的
This may sound impossibly utopian.
也許聽起來這是十足的空想.
Niche:合適的位置
You can then find your own niche in public life.
那時候你就可以在社會上找到適合自己的工作了.
I don't think he's yet found his niche in life.
我認為他還沒找到生活的歸宿.
Prodigious:巨大的,異常的
a prodigious achievement
巨大的成就
It cost a prodigious amount (of money).
這用了一筆巨款.
Overshadow:使相形見絀,使黯然失色
Despite her professional success, she was always overshadowed by her husband.
盡管她事業有成, 但和丈夫相比總覺遜色.
Oracle:圣賢
Nostradamus:占卜者,語言含混的預言家
Turbulent:失控的
a turbulent period of history
動蕩的歷史時期
Ethereal:超凡的,輕飄的
Ethereal beauty
出塵的美,天仙般的美
ethereal music
輕柔動聽的音樂
She has an ethereal beauty.
她美若天仙.