bog down
- If a plan or progress bogs down or if something bogs it down, it delayed and no progress is made.
to be/get bogged down(in sth)
you must not get bogged down in detail[不必拘泥于细节].
quintessential
- (adj) Quintessential means representing a perfect or a typical example for something.
This was quintessential midwestern farming country. - (adj) Quintessential means representing the central nature of something.
The quintessential charm of his songs.
mindset
Word forms: plural mindsets
- (countable noun) If you refer to someone's mindset, you mean their general attitudes and and the way they typically think about things.
ingredient
Word forms: plural ingredients
- (countable noun) Ingredients are the things that are used to make something, especially all the different of foods you use when you are cooking a particular dish.
Mix in the remaining ingredients. - (countable noun) An ingredient of a situation is one of the essential parts of it.
I think that is one of the major ingredients in his success.
allergy(æləʳdʒi)
Word forms: plural allergies
- (variable noun) If you have a particular allergy, you become ill or get rush when you eat, smell or touch something that does not normally make people ill.
Allergy to cats is one of the commonest causes of asthma[哮喘]. - (countable noun) If you say that you have an allergy to something or someone, you mean that you dislike them very strongly and try to avoid them.
I developed a temporary allergy to the company of couples.
hives
- (noun) Pathology a nontechnical name for urticaria[荨麻疹]
break out in
- If you break out in a rash or a sweat, a rash or a sweat appears on your skin.
*A person who is allergic to cashews may break out in a rash when he consumes these nuts.
repertoire(repəʳtwɑːʳ)
Word forms: plural repertoires
- (countable noun) A performer's repertoire is all the plays or pieces of music that he or she has learned and can perform.
Meredith D'Ambrosio has thousands of songs in her repertoire. - (singular noun) A repertoire of a person or thing is all the things of a particular kind that the person or thing is capable of doing.
This has been one of the most successful desserts in my repertoire. - (singular noun) You can refer to all the plays or music of a particular kind as, for example, the classical repertoire or the jazz repertoire.
It is no coincidence that the works in the 'standard repertoire' tend to have names.
