1、at a (single) stroke =at one stroke 一下子、一举
put sb off their stroke 扰乱某人,使某人乱了方寸
2、the fashionable world 上流社会
3、scheme against each other 勾心斗角
4、all the more 愈加,格外
5、average person= ordinary person 普通人,平凡人,一般人(不能用common person 偏贬义;一般也不用general,general强调的是总体,大概。common 侧重普遍,反义词rare;general 侧重普通,反义词specific)
6、in terms of 谈及,就...而言
in the long/short term 长/短期内
7、to err is human, to forgive is divine 人非圣贤,孰能无过
8、take it for granted 习以为常,视为理所当然
9、all at once 事实上
in fact 实际上
10、the process of urbanization 城市化进程
11、sheer away/off from sth 避开。。。
12、steep sth in sth 将。。。浸泡在。。。
steep oneself in sth 沉浸于,潜心于
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