01.

天性善良的，性情温和的

good-natured

• Bates looks like a good-natured fellow.

  贝茨看上去是个性情温和的人。

  
  

• He was easy-going and good-natured.

  他随和且脾气好。

  
  

02.

女皇

empress

• She is dressed as the Empress of Egypt.

  她打扮成埃及女皇。

  
  

• He'll meet the emperor and the empress at a lunch.

  他将在午餐会上会见皇帝和皇后。

  
  

03.

使失色，使相形见绌，使丧失重要性

eclipse

• Though a talented player, he was completely eclipsed by his brother.

  他虽是一个天才的运动员，但与他的兄弟相比就黯然失色了。

  
  

• The space program has been eclipsed by other pressing needs.

  这项太空计划和其他的紧迫需要相比已经黯然失色了。

  
  

04.

妾，妃子

concubine

• She rose from her position as Emperor Taizong's favorite concubine to the very apex of court life.

  她曾是唐太宗的宠妃，最后登上朝堂的最高位。

  
  

• This is the hot spring bathing pool Li Longji gave his concubine Yang Yuhuan.

  这就是李隆基送给妃子杨玉环的温泉浴池。

  
  
  

05.

(机构、体系的) 最上层

apex

• At the apex of the party was its central committee.

  该党的最高机构是其中央委员会。

  
  

• At 37, she reached the apex of her career.

  她在37岁时达到了事业的巅峰。

  
  
  

06.

自我认识

self-knowledge

• The more self-knowledge we have, the more control we can exert over our feelings and behavior.

  我们越有自知之明，就越能控制自己的情感和行为。

  
  

• Sometimes a bit of selfishness, if it leads to greater self-knowledge, is no bad thing.

  有时候一点点的自私，如果能引发更多自知之明，也并非坏事。

  
  
  

07.

勇气

moxie

• Not everyone digs her moxie.

  不是每个人都欣赏这种勇气。

  
  

• Come on. Show some moxie!

  来吧，拿出点勇气来！