講解：
stop / halt sb in their tracks | stop / halt / freeze in your tracks
(使由于恐懼或吃驚)突然止步；(使)怔住:
The question stopped Alice in her tracks.
這個問題問得艾麗斯張口結(jié)舌無以答對。

blackmail sb (into doing sth)
勒索；敲詐；要挾；脅迫:
She blackmailed him for years by threatening to tell the newspapers about their affair.
她以公開他們的戀情要挾了他很多年。

be licensed to do
批準(zhǔn)；許可:
The new drug has not yet been licensed in the US.
這種新藥尚未在美國獲得許可。

a crushing blow
(強(qiáng)調(diào)糟糕或嚴(yán)重的程度)慘重的,毀壞性的:
The shipyard has been dealt another crushing blow with the failure to win this contract.
由于未能贏得這份合同,造船廠又遭到了一次慘重的打擊。

determined (to do sth)
決心；決定；決意:
I'm determined to succeed.
我決心要獲得成功。

a budding artist / writer
一位藝術(shù)界/文壇新秀
our budding romance
我們剛剛發(fā)展起來的戀愛關(guān)系

be rejected
拒絕接受；不予考慮:
The prime minister rejected any idea of reforming the system.
首相對任何改革體制的想法都不予考慮。