1. confer v. ①商談, 協議, 交換意見, 如: confer with sb. over sth. ( 就某事和某人商議)②授予, 賜給( 稱號、學位、權利等) , 如: The university conferred an honorary degree on him. ( 這所大學授予他名譽學位。) We should confer more social prestige on housewives.( 我們應該賦予家庭婦女更高的社會地位。)

2. 即歐萊雅, 世界知名的化妝品品牌。下文中提到的Nivea ( 妮維雅) 也是一種知名護膚品的品牌。

3. play on ①繼續比賽, 恢復比賽, 如: Some of the players claimed a penalty but the referee told them to play on. ( 有些隊員認為應當判罰, 但裁判讓他們繼續比賽。) ② play on sth. ( 為達到個人的目的) 激起( 某人感情等) , 利用, 如: They played on his fears of losing his job to get him to do what they wanted. ( 他們利用他怕失去工作的心理, 讓他做他們想做的事。)

4. 這是一個心理學術語, 意思是“自卑感, 自卑情結”, 口語中“ 自卑”可以表示為“ inferiority feeling”。