successor:接替的人或事物; 繼承人,繼任者
e.g. Abdication is precluded by the lack of a possible successor.
因為沒有可能的繼承人,讓位無法實現。
e.g. He gave over charge of his office to his successor today.
他今天向繼任者交接了工作。
resentment: 憤恨;不滿;憤概
e.g. All her feelings of resentment just came pouring out.
她一股腦兒傾吐出所有的怨恨。
e.g. You are not doing yourself any good by storing up your resentment.
你這樣積恨對你沒有好處。
independence:獨立,自主
e.g. Tunisia achieved independence from French colonial rule in 1956.
突尼斯于1956年從法國的殖民統治下獲得獨立。
e.g. Cuba gained independence from Spain in 1898.
古巴于1898年脫離西班牙而獲得獨立。
aristocratic:貴族的;貴族氣派的
e.g. He laughed it off with aristocratic indifference.
他帶著貴族式的漠然對其一笑置之。
e.g. Nabokov was the scion of an aristocratic family.
納博科夫是一個貴族家庭的闊少。
e.g. Of course you're the most aristocratic of the two of us.
你當然是我們兩個人中最有貴族氣派的。
bureaucrat:官僚主義者
e.g. The economy is still controlled by bureaucrats.
經濟依然被官僚們所掌控。
e.g. He is a conservative bureaucrat who can be counted upon to follow a beaten path.
他是一個保守的官僚,他準會循規蹈矩地辦事。