2. reach the overwhelming consensus 達(dá)成絕對一致
3. be not rivaled …沒有什么能夠匹敵
4. be hailed as 被當(dāng)作...(好事)
5. trigger 導(dǎo)致
6. a fringe of 一小部分
7. discrepancy 差異
8. built-in 內(nèi)置
9. inclination 傾向
10. develop a hit-list of our main fears 列出一串我們很擔(dān)憂的事情
11. in vast numbers 大量地
12. appear=seem 看起來
13. pose a devastating problem 帶來了嚴(yán)重的問題
14. have=share
15. it will matter/work 會起作用的
16. do more harm than good 弊大于利
17. amount to 攀升
18. to put it another way, 換言之
19. launch 開始、啟動
20. be derived from …來自于
21. the impetus/drive of ……的動力
22. make sth possible/make it possible that使…成為可能
23. be known as ..以…而著稱
24. enjoy an unparalleled popularity 無比流行
25. serve … purpose 實(shí)現(xiàn)…的目標(biāo)
26. have superiority/inferiority to 比…優(yōu)越/比…自卑
27. rely on/rest on 取決于
28. viewed from this angle 從這個(gè)角度看
29. tap into=understand
30. result from 由于...
31. full-fledged 發(fā)達(dá)的
32. dimension 方面
33. dub 授予…稱號
34. foreseeable 可預(yù)見的
35. painstaking 痛苦的(艱巨的) painstaking task艱巨的任務(wù)
36. far from…遠(yuǎn)沒有達(dá)到