Enormous
immernse
grandiose大而不切实际的
massive (solid, heavy, bulky)厚重的，体积大的，大规模的
prodigious 修饰talent, ability
tremendous
加强
strengthen
bolster/buttress e.g. bolster/buttress safty
e.g. bolster/buttress market share
consolidate/fortify/ reinforce
consolidate/ fortify/ reinforce control over...
强的
impregnable/ invincible
potent e.g. the most potent weapon
robust / virile e.g. robust/virile development and fullness of
vitality and energy
e.g.2 US Wholesale Prices Rose by a Robust/Virile 1.1%
Powerful person
baron/magnate/mogul/tycoon
削弱
debilitate/ enervate e.g. have a debilitating/enervating effect
sap/ undermine( to weak or ruin by degree)
e.g. sap the energy of college graduates.
弱的
decrepit/ feeble/ fail (weak)
e.g. bolster/buttress the feeble/fail domestic demand
flaccid( lacking firmness, stiffness; lacking vigor or energy)
e.g. divert public attention from the flaccid economy on war
impotent (lacking in power, strenthen, or vigor)
puny
弱的表现
stagger/ totter ( to walk unsteadily because of weakness)
重要的
consequential/momentous (of great consequence)
eminent/prominent (widely known)
pivotal
significant
considerable
essential
crucial
indispensable
vital
required
eventful
influential
powerful
material e.g We must make a material change in our plan
meaningful
substantial
weighty重要的 e.g. a weighty problem
remarkable e.g. a remarkable event
noticeable
notable
pregnant意义重大的 e.g. It was a politically pregnant time in Poland.
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重要（名词）importance
1.core(the most important part)
e.g. core business(核心业务）
core strength(核心竞争力）
core assets(核心资产）
2.hub(the central part of a wheel where spokes are fixed)
作比喻意，一般仅修饰地理概念，e.g. 城市，国家
3.gist 仅指修饰文章，讲话，报告（something written or spoken) e.g. the gist of the
theory of relativity
4. magnitude 意义或影响很大( greatness in significance or influence)
e.g. The accounting shenanigans at Enron are of such a magnitude
that is unusual in the corporate world
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不重要的(unimportant. adj.)
1. marginal/ peripheral (of, relating to, or situated at a border)
e.g. Women has long played a marginal role in conjugal relations.
e.g.Microsoft is still the dominant player in China's softeware
market. Other developer's market share are marginal.
2.negligible(not important enough to be worth considering at all)
e.g. The ACTU said the pay rise would have a negligible impact on businesses.
3. trifling/ trivial (of little importance or value)
e.g. fight over some trifling/ trivial matters
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超过 surpass v.
1. eclipse( to supass, outshine)
e.g. Schumacher's final points eclipse the record of 123 he set last year.
2. exceed / surpass
3. override
常以overriding 出现， =paramount
e.g. The overriding priority at present should be sustainable
development of economy (经典啊）
4. prevail (to be greater in power or influence)
e.g. We hope that good sense will prevail over self-interests and
the two countries will resume dialogue.
5. transcend (to rise above or go beyond the limits)
e.g. Sports transcend national boundaries, races, and religions. (
It is the same with arts 大家好好利用这句啊，呵呵）
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优于 superior adj.
e.g. A is superior to B
劣于 inferior adj.
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Leading 居首位的，adj.
1. foremost (leading, surpassing others)
e.g. Foremost in the program is the rescue and hospitalization of
the injured and attendant needs of relatives.
2. paramount (to be first in importance)
e.g. The paramount concern of the Chinese government is economic development.
e.g. Homeland security has become the paramount issue facing the
U.S. federal government.
3. predominant/ preponderant (having superior strength, influence, or authority)
e.g. The U.S. plays a predominant/ preponderant role in global affairs.
4. preeminant (superior to or notable above all others)
5. prevalent (widely occuring or existing)
6. supreme (greatest in power, authority, or rank)
e.g. the supreme court/ leader
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霸权 noun
1.supremacy
2. ascendency
3.hegemony
e.g. established the ascendency/hegemony/supremacy
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初始 beginning . noun
1. debut / premiere (a first public appearence, as of a film or opera)
2. genesis(origin)
Genesis 创世纪（the Old Testament 中的第一卷）
e.g.The genesis of the novel can be traced back to a romance ten years ago.
3. inception / onset (star, beginning)
e.g. The study shows running between six and twenty miles a week
could delay the onset of arthritis in later life.
e.g. at the inception of one's career 事业刚起步的阶段
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初始的 adj
1. budding/ fledging (new and untried or inexperienced)
2. embryonic/ incipient/ nascent
e.g. The controversial human embryonic stem cell reserch is still
in its embryonic stage.
e.g. The escalating violence in Mideast led to hikes in oil price
will undoubtedly stall a(n) embryonic/ incipient/nascent U.S. economic
recovery.
BEGIN 开始 v.
1.commence
E.g. The President of Americacannot commence military operations
without congressional authorization.
2. initiate
The police didn't initiate prosecution against the prominent coach.
3. embark (start a journey; set out to do something)
e.g. The Bush administration is going to embark upon a colossal,
risky military operations against Saddam
4. inaugurate
e.g. They will inaugurate a whole bunch of new applications.
e.g. to inaugurate th meeting
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OLD adj.
1. archaic
e.g. Dialing up the Internet has become an archaic practice.
2. antiquated
3. obsolete
4. obsolescent
Facing the high-tech, many old people are shut out out of New
Economy, obsolescent.
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GROW v.
1. multiply ( to increase in number at a rapid rate)
e.g. If those illegal Internet cafes continue to multiply, problems
will multiply.
2. mushroom (to develop rapidly)
e.g. Tha mushingrooming scandals has ended the carrer of some 250
priests and several bishops.
e.g. The mushrooming controversy put an abrupt end to the doctor's
incipient teaching career.
3.proliferate (to grwo by rapidly producing new tissue, parts, cells
or offspring; to increse or spead at a rapid rate)
e.g. Such illegal sites will continue to proliferate.
4. sprout (to emerge and develop rapidly)
e.g. Skyscrapers are once again sprouting throughout the territory.
5. burgeon (to put forth new buds, new leaves)
e.g. The burgeoning demand bolsters up/buttress the real estate market.
6. wax (to grow by degree)
e.g. As the number of online game players multiplies, many big
companies tend to cash in on the burgeoning/ waxing market.
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increase v.
1. amplify (to enlarge)
e.g. One of our foremost taskes is to amplify the public's voices on
the state affairs.
2. magnify
e.g. After being dumped by your girlfriend, you've fallen to pieces,
a sad love song will amplify/ magnify your pain.
3. augment /supplement (to make complete or make up for a deficiency)
e.g. Green energy is still in its embryonic stage, so it can just
supplement/augment fossil fuels.
e.g. work part-time to augment/supplement one's income
e.g. suppletment one's diet with all kinds of vitamin supplements
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Intensify 增强 v.
1. aggravate / exacerbate (to increase severity, violence, or bitterness of)
e.g. aggravate/ exacerbate the situation(恶化了情况）
2。escalate(to increase i extent, volume, number, amount, internsity, or scope)
e.g. The Bush administration's warning about Iraq's weapons of mass
destruction havebeen escalating in the past months.
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Lessen 减少，减弱 v.
I减少，减弱
1. abate (to reduce in amount, degree or intensity)
e.g. abate tensions 减轻紧张局势
2. attenuate(to lessen)
e.g. The attenuated relationship between the two countries won't last long.
3. detract (to take away from something)
detract from something
e.g. Your behavior detracts a lot from what I think of you.
4.diminish (to make smaller or lesser)
e.g. Wang Zhizhi's absence from the national squad diminished the
Chinese team's prowess at the World Championships.
5. slacken( to make less intense)
e.g. Terrorists are sleeprs. When authorities slacken crackdowns,
they hit again.
II削弱
1。 curtail /curb
curb偏重restrain.
e.g. Developing countries demand rich nations to dimish subsidies to
their farmers.
e.g. Kyoto Protocal aims to curb/ curtail the emission of greenhouse gases.
2. pare/ prune/ slash/ trim/ whittle (to reduce in number, amount)
e.g.The company is going to slash(幅度最大，表示大刀阔斧） its workforce by 40%.
e.g.A company in dire financial straits tends to whittle down
expenditures, whittle away excess inventories, whittle down its
payroll.
e.g. With the busting of the Internet bubble, many high-tech
companies pare down/ prune/ trim the company's debt load.(削减负债）
III 减轻
1.allay /assuage/ mollify/ soothe (减轻concern, fear, worries,suspicion)
e.g. President Jiang's speech helps allay/ assuage/ mollify/ soothe
fears of the so-called "China treat".
2.mitigate
e.g.In light of the fact that AIDS is diminishing hopes for
sustainable development, the Joint UN Program on HIV/AIDS calls for
strategies to mitigate the impact of the disease.
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Decrease v.
1. dwindle (to become gradually less)
e.g. The ban was prompted by the country's rapidly dwindling cod stocks.
2. ebb / recede (to decrease)
e.g. The figure suggests that the current downturn is ebbing/ receding.
3. subside(to sink or fall to the bottom; to decrease)
e.g.The public panic began to subside after local authorities debunked
the rumors.
4. wane(to decline)
e.g. Many worry that China's domination in the pingpong game will waning.
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