托福詞匯常用副詞解析

prior to … 在……之前

reach the overwhelming consensus 達成絕對一致

be not rivaled … 沒有什么能夠匹敵

enjoy an unparalleled popularity 無比流行

discrepancy 差異

built-in 內置

inclination 傾向

develop a hit-list of our main fears 列出一串我們很擔憂的事情

be hailed as 被當作……(好事)

trigger 導致

a fringe of 一小部分

in vast numbers 大量地

appear=seem 看起來

pose a devastating problem 帶來了嚴重的問題

have=share

it will matter/work 會起作用的

do more harm than good 弊大于利

amount to 攀升

to put it another way, 換言之

launch 開始、啟動

be derived from … 來自于……

the impetus/drive of … …的動力

make sth possible/make it possible that使……成為可能

be known as ...以……而著稱