One reporter wrote that Dewey was acting like a man who had already been elected and was only passing time, waiting to take office.
一个记者写道，杜为看起来好像已经胜券在握，一边打发时间一边等着上任。
isapproving to speak too proudly or happilyabout what you have done or what you own
自吹自擂，吹嘘，夸耀
But the concept of deterrence depends on the threat of certain retaliation that would cause a rational attacker to think twice.
但是，防御的概念是基于确定的报复行为威胁之上的，而发动报复行为时，理智的袭击者都会考虑再三。
N-COUNT 选修课An elective is a subject which a student can choose to study as part of his or her course.
Electives are offered in Tai Chi and advanced dance exercise.
选修课包括太极拳和高级舞蹈练习。
PHRASAL VERB 办妥;处理好;解决If you dispose of a problem, task, or question, you deal with it.
You did us a great favour by disposing of that problem...
你解决了那个问题，可算是帮了我们一个大忙。
N-SING 水位；液位The level of a river, lake, or ocean or the level of liquid in a container is the height of its surface.
The water level of the Mississippi River is already 6.5 feet below normal...
密西西比河的水位已经比正常值低了6.5英尺。
N-SING 基本特征;特质;根本;基础If you say that one thing is the stuff of another, you mean that the first thing is a very important feature or characteristic of the second thing, or that the second thing can be based or built on the first thing.
The idea that we can be whatever we want has become the stuff of television commercials.
每个人皆无所不能，这一理念已经成为电视广告的精髓。
She's mature for her age and our computer is in the living room and Icould require her to be 'friends' with me.
我女儿在他们这个年纪是比较成熟的，而且电脑就在起居室，另外我可以要求她加我为好友。
People see him as a green hand in the modeling industry, but Xu knows exactly how much he has devoted to the trade.
在人们眼中，胥添麒是模特界的新人，但是他清楚自己为了这份事业倾注了多少汗水。
to be influenced too much by something
受…控制；耽迷于；深受…影响