measure---v.量；测量；估量；衡量 n.衡量；估量；尺寸，大小；[常pl.]措施；办法
It may be said that the measure of the worth of any social institution is its effect in enlarging and improving experience; but this effect is not a part of its original motive(最初动机).
oppose---v.反对；反抗
opponent---n.对手，敌手；反对者 adj.对立的；敌对的
There is pressure for change from within the profession, but opponents of change among the regulators(管理者) insist that keeping outsiders out of a law firm isolates(分隔，远离) lawyers from the pressure to make money rather than serve clients ethically(道德上地).
be opposed to----反对....；背道而驰
A sacred(神圣的) place of peace, however crude(简陋的) it may be, is a distinctly(明显的) human need, as opposed to shelter, which is a distinctly animal need.
repel----v.排斥；击退
deny---v.否认；否认与....有关系；不承认；抛弃
Remember that you will die, that everythings ends, and that happiness comes not in denying this but in living with it.
counter---v.反击；反驳
imagine---v.想象；设想；料想
It's hard to imagine that many people are dumb(蠢) enough to want children just because Reese and Angelina make it look so glamorous(有魅力的): most adults understand that a boby is not a haircut.
image---n.形象；化身
That's a far different image from the cherry-tree-chopping(砍樱桃树的) George most people remember from their history books.
The magazine cover(封面) showing an attractive mother holding a cute baby is hardly the only Madonna-and-child image(圣母与圣子形象) on newstands(杂志) this week.
Of course, the image parenthood that celebrity magazines(名人杂志) like US Weekly and People present is hugely unrealistic, especially when the parents are single mothers like Bullock.
But it's interesting to wonder if the images we see every week of stress-free, happiness-enhancing parenthood aren't in some small, subconscious way contributing to our own dissatisfactions with the actual experience, in the same way that a small part of us hoped getting "the Rachel" might make us looking just a little bit like Jennifer Anistion.
imaging---n.成像
imaginary---adj.虚构的；想象中的
unimaginable---adj.难以想象的
imaginative---adj.创造性的；爱想象的
dream---v.梦想；想到；梦到
picture---v.想象；描写
drop---v.落下；下降；失落；放弃；终止 n.滴；落下；微量
drop by---顺道拜访
drop out---退学；退出
Not surprisingly, up to half(高达一半) of all doctoral students in English drop out before getting their degrees.
engage---v.(使)从事于；(使)参加；(使)订婚；引起；吸引；聘用
Nevertheless(然而), Williams's suit charges that the casino, knowing he was "helplessly addicted to gambling," intentionally(故意地) worked to "lure"(引诱) him to "engage in conduct(行为) against his will."
engagement---n.订婚，婚约；约会；约定；雇佣；参与
George Osborne's scheme was intended to encourage jobseekers' active engagement in job seeking.
engage in---从事于；参加
engage with---交战；与...接洽
Toyota Motor, for example, alleviated some of damage(挽回了一些损失) from its recall crisis earlier this year with a relatively quick and well-orchestrated social-media response campaign, which included efforts to engage with consumers directly on sites such as Twitter and the social-news site Digg.
property---n.财产；资产；所有物；性质；特性
Thus(因此), in his view, diverse aspects(不同的方面) of culture, such as the structure of families, forms of marriage, categories of kinship, ownership of property, forms of government, technology, and systems of food production, all changed as societies evolved(演化).
asset---n.有用的物(或人)；财富；资产；财产
These rules say they must value some assets at the price a third party(第三方) would pay, not the price managers and regulators would like them to fetch(购买；拿来).
