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　　luminous adj. 柔和的光亮、发光的、明亮的

　　e.g. It was briefly one of the most luminous stars in the galaxy.

　　基本上它是银河系最亮的星星之一。

　　knoll n. a small natural hill 小山丘

　　The home, set on a quarter-acre knoll, has views of the city, the Hollywood Reservoirand the Hollywood sign.

　　这个宅子坐落在一个0.25英亩的山丘上，城市风光风光尽收眼底，可以看到好莱坞水库和好莱坞的标牌。

　　kindle v.激发(感情、感受、反应)

　　Recently in class I saw the fire of an idea flicker in a first-year student's eyes - and so to kindle it I cold-called him.

　　不久前，在课堂上，我从一个一年级小学生的眼中看到了创意之光的闪烁，于是，为了鼓励他，我点了他的名字。

　　jostle v. 推挤、争夺

　　In jerusalem, great religions have crowded and jostled their way down through millenniums.

　　在耶路撒冷，各大宗教云集，相互竞争了几千年。

　　jut v. 突出、凸出

　　From its long beak juts a fearsome tooth.

　　从它的长喙伸出一个可怕的牙齿。

　　jabber vi. talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory matter 吵闹、兴奋或者夸张地方式讲话

　　e.g. A parrot jabbered atop its cage and a monkey squealed and batered at its bronze ring, until its owner brought banans.

　　一只鹦鹉站在笼子上叽叽喳喳的叫，一只猴子则站在它的青铜环上尖叫，直到它的主人拿来了香蕉才停止。

　　imperious adj.专横的、傲慢的、飞扬跋扈的

　　词根 imper = command 表示"命令、统治"

　　If you describe someone as imperious, you mean that they have a proud manner and expect to be obeyed.

　　impending adj.close in time; about to occur 即将发生的，逼近的

　　e.g. First, he gives the enemy 12 days of warning about impending air attacks. 他先给敌人发出警告：12天后就会发动空袭。

　　pending和impending都有“即将发生的”意思，两者的区别在于:

　　pending侧重“未决定的、等待(发生)的”

　　impending表示“即将发生、逼近的”

　　illuminate v. make free from confusion or ambiguity 阐明、阐述清晰明了

　　If you illuminate something that is unclear or difficult to understand, you make it clearer by explaining it carefully or giving information about it.

　　例句：The problem is that for illuminating answers, you need to ask the right questions.

　　难点在于你要问对了问题，才能得到明确清晰的答案。

　　headway n. forward movement 前进、取得进展

　　At times, you feel like you're struggleing to run forward, going through the motions but making no headway, frozen in place. 有时，你觉得自己很努力地在向前奔跑，应付了很多差事却僵在原地，没有任何进步。