Lesson Twelve： Why I Write

　　1. Outrage： v. offend greatly 觸犯，違反。如：outrage common sense 違反常識。

　　2. sooner or later： 遲早。如：Sooner or later， you will get yourselves deeply involved in trouble. 你遲早會讓自己陷入麻煩之中。He would， sooner or later， realize the importance of… 他遲早會意識到……的重要性。

　　3. somewhat ： in some measure or degree ； to some extent. 往往后跟形容詞。 如：The result was somewhat surprising. 結果有些讓人感到吃驚。 He looked somewhat annoyed. 他顯得有些不高興。

　　4. facility ： ability to perform something easily 靈巧，便利，熟練。如： He translated sth with great facility. 他翻譯時駕輕就熟。He showed facility in painting. 他在畫畫方面顯得很熟練。

　　5. narcissism ：自戀，（精神分析）自我陶醉癥。Narcissus （希臘神話） （愛上自己映在水中姿影的美少年，溺死后化為水仙花。）

　　6. filter through ： pass or slip through slowly 滲出，（光等）漏出透至。如：The new ideas are filtering into the children's minds.孩子們腦中出現了新的思想。Sunlight filtered through the window. 夕陽從窗戶透進房間。Foreign influence began to filter into the country.外國的影響開始滲透進我國。

　　7. meticulous ：taking or showing extreme care about small details.過分仔細的。如：She is meticulous in her dress.她對衣服極其在意。He is very meticulous in checking his accounts.他在查帳方面非常仔細。Our meticulous secretary never forgets anything .我們仔細的秘書從不會忘記什么。

　　8. Arresting： attracting attention； striking. 迷人的。如：a person of arresting good looks 有迷人的面貌的人。An arresting sight 一個引人注目的景象。

　　9. assess： evaluate 評估。如； assess the importance of …/the value of …評估……的重要性/價值； assess the situation 審時度勢。Assessment n .

　　10. discipline： train and control the mind 控制。如：You should learn to discipline yourself more. 你應該學會更好地控制自己。

　　11. vary from…to…隨著……而變化。如：Prices of vegetables vary from season to season .蔬菜價格隨季節(jié)變化而變化。Opinions vary from inspanidual to inspanidual. 仁者見仁，智者見智。

　　12. strive after， for / against ： to struggle hard to get or conquer 為……奮斗。如：strive for freedom / excellence 追求自由/卓越。

　　13. outweigh ： to be more important than 比………更重要，勝過。 如：My love for my parents outweighs everything else. 我對父母的愛重于一切。 Do the advantages outweigh the disadvantages 有利因素大于不利因素嗎

　　14. guise ： general outside appearance 外觀。如： an old idea in a new guise 新瓶裝舊酒。 in the guise of …… 打扮。 如： a thief in the guise of a salesman 打扮成推銷員的小偷。

　　15. reconcile my ingrained likes and dislikes with… a. reconcile ： accept or be resigned to something not desired.使和解，調解； 使能安于，將就接受。如： He had to reconcile himself to his fate .他必須接受自己的命運。 reconcile work and rest 勞逸結合。 He could not reconcile himself to such a low position . 他不能安于這樣低的地位。 reconcile one's ideal with reality 使理想與實際一致。 b. ingrained 根深蒂固的。如： ingrained morality 根深蒂固的德行。