privileged
adj. 享有特權(quán)的
eg. Employees are privileged to buy at a discount.
雇員有打折購買的特權(quán)。

steer
vt. 指導(dǎo)，指引；控制；駕駛
eg. I can steer you to the best hotel in the city.
我可以把你帶到本市最好的飯店。

daunting
n. 令人生畏的
eg. Don't be daunted by the amount of work still to be done.
不要因那大量待做的工作而失去信心。

transition
n. 轉(zhuǎn)變；過度
eg. Adolescence is the transition period between childhood and manhood.
青春期是兒童和成人階段的過渡時期。

rev
vi. 加速；增加
eg. Don't rev up the engine too fast.
不要使發(fā)動機轉(zhuǎn)速太快。

harness
vt. 駕馭
eg. They will harness the sun's energy to heat homes.
他們將利用太陽能為住宅供暖。

sequester
vt. 使隔離
eg. This project will strip carbon dioxide out of its emissions and sequester it a mile underground.
這一計劃會把氣田排放出的二氧化碳收集起來，將其封存在地下一英里處。

electrification
n. 電氣化
eg. It seems that except for few improvements such as electrification, railway has been neglected.
似乎除了電氣化之類的為數(shù)不多的改進(jìn)外，鐵路一直不受重視。