1.福祉 well-being

例句：

Despite the evidence of a decline in national wellbeing, governments continue to put economic interests first.
盡管大量的事實(shí)表明國民的心靈健康狀況在下降，但政府仍然把經(jīng)濟(jì)利益放在首位。

2.精華 quintessence

例句：

Her book captures the quintessence of Renaissance humanism.
她的書抓住了文藝復(fù)興時(shí)期人文主義的精髓.

3.陰霾 specter

例句：

The specter of unemployment hunted the country.
失業(yè)的幽靈在這個(gè)國家作祟。

4.打折扣 wear thin / water down

例句：

The joke began to wear thin when you heard it too many times.
這個(gè)笑話因?yàn)槁牭帽閿?shù)太多不那么吸引人了。

You'd better water down your demand.
你最好降低一下要求。

5.不謀而合 coincide with

例句：

His taste and habit coincide with those of his wife.
他的品味和習(xí)慣與他的妻子恰巧一樣。