heavyweight:重量級人物(或組織);有影響力的人物(或組織)
e.g. Those are jazz heavyweights.
這些是爵士樂壇的重量級人物。
e.g. He had been a heavyweight prize-fighter.
他曾經是重量級職業拳擊手。
legitimate:合法的;依法的;法律認可的
e.g. The French government has condemned the coup in Haiti and has demanded the restoration of the legitimate government.
法國政府對海地政變表示譴責,并要求恢復合法政府的地位。
e.g. The government will not seek to disrupt the legitimate business activities of the defendant.
政府無意干擾被告的合法經營活動。
alternative:可供選擇的;可供替代的
e.g. New ways to treat arthritis may provide an alternative to painkillers.
關節炎的新療法可能是止痛藥之外的另一種選擇。
e.g. By 1921 , however, it had become a real alternative to cotton.
但是到了1921年, 花生的種植真正代替了棉花的種植。
wild-eyed:狂熱的;過激的;怒目而視的
e.g. And why did you permit her wild-eyed brother to shoot and kill me, when I could shoot straighter?
又為什么要讓她那個兇暴的兄弟在我能夠打得更準的情況下來開槍打死我呢?
annul :廢除,取消,宣告無效
e.g. Opposition party leaders are now pressing for the entire election to be annulled.
反對黨領導人現正強烈要求宣告這次選舉無效。
e.g. The marriage was annulled last month.
上個月這樁婚姻被宣告無效。
outwardly :表面地,外觀地
e.g. They may feel tired and though outwardly calm, can be irritable.
他們或許會感到疲憊,雖然外表看似沒事,但可能很容易發火。
e.g. Outwardly this looked like the beginning of a terrific programme but the stage was actually set for a major disaster.
表面上,這似乎是開啟了一個極棒的項目,但實際上卻是為一場大的災難埋下了伏筆。
reformation:改革;革新
e.g. He devoted his energies to the reformation of science.
他致力于科學的革新。