V.篡夺，篡位，侵占，夺取
a)General Morando is trying to usurp the throne.
莫兰多将军想要篡位。
b)Usurp your property? Burn it to the ground?
侵占你们的财产？将其烧为平地？
13【elicit】
V.引出，得到
a)These differences may elicit different brain responses.
这些差异可能会引起不同的大脑反应。
b)It also gets to the heart of one of life’s greatest, saddest truths: that our “memorable” occasions may elicit the fewest memories.
它也触及了生命中最伟大、最悲哀的事实之一：我们最“难忘”的场合可能会勾起最少的记忆。
14【tacit】
Adj.心照不宣的，静默的
a)By tacit agreement, the subject was never mentioned again.
根据达成的默契，这个话题从未再提起过。
b)But tacit collusion may still be beyond them.
但默契结盟还不止这些。
15【orient】
N/V.东方，亚洲，标定方向，使向东方
a)It used to be a commercial hub connecting the west and orient during its prosperous period.
在它最繁荣的时期是东西方贸易枢纽。
b)The building is oriented south and north.
这座建筑坐北朝南。
16【sedentary】
Adj.久坐不动的
a)Obesity and a sedentary lifestyle has been linked with an increased risk of heart diseases.
肥胖和久坐的生活方式被认为会增加患心脏病的几率。
b)For all its material advantages, the sedentary life has left us edgy, unfulfilled.
虽然有种种物质上的优势，但是定居生活仍然使我们感到不安和不满足。
17【coarse】
Adj.粗糙的，粗俗的
a)But he was mean, he was coarse and unrefined.
但是他以前刻薄又粗鲁，没有教养。（《美女与野兽》）
b)Some are as coarse as pottery.
有些粗糙如陶。
18【hilarious】
Adj.欢乐的，滑稽的，喜不自禁的，有趣的
a)No no no no no! Every time you two help, hilarious shenanigans ensure.
不不不不不！每次你们俩来帮忙，各种鬼把戏就接连发生。
b)I wanna hear the rest of this hilarious story that Adora was just telling.
我想听听阿多拉刚才讲的那搞笑故事的后半段。
19【denouement】
N.结局，终场 ||dai3 nu1 mang4
a)In a surprising denouement, she becomes a nun.
结局出人意表，她成为了一个修女。
b)The book’s sentimental denouement is pure Hollywood.
这本书的煽情结局纯粹是好莱坞式的。
20【adulate】
V.谄媚，奉承
a)I adulate you.
我喜欢你。
b)What is there to adulate in her.
她有什么值得吹捧的。
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01【come of age】
成年
[例句]
In some countries, to come of age means to reach the age when someone is legally recognized as an □□ and is legally responsible for his/ her own behaviour.
在有些国家，成年意味着该人在法律上将被视为成人，并要对自己的行为负法律责任。
02【be bilingual】
双语的
[例句]
Donna appreciates she had the chance to be bilingua