Describing Situations描述的情况
Forbidden or prohibited, to be against the rules or not allowed.禁止或禁止，违反规定或不允许。
Smoking is prohibited on many airplanes.许多飞机上禁止吸烟。
Athletes are forbidden from taking certain kinds of drugs.运动员被禁止服用某些药物。
If something is allowed, it isn't forbidden or prohibited.如果某事是被允许的，它不是被禁止或禁止的。
They were forbidden from going to that website because of its content.他们被禁止访问那个网站，因为它的内容。
Weapons of any kind are prohibited inside the stadium.体育场内禁止携带任何武器。
Tourists are forbidden from taking pictures inside the museum.游客禁止在博物馆内拍照。
Her parents didn’t like him,so she was forbidden to see him ever again.她的父母不喜欢他，所以她被禁止再见到他。
Access to that part of the factory is prohibited for security reasons.出于安全原因，禁止进入工厂的那一部分。
Risky, to be a bit dangerous or unsafe.危险的，有点危险或不安全的。
A risky investment may not be a good idea for people who worry too much.对于过于担心的人来说，风险投资可能不是一个好主意。
If you make a risky investment, you may lose a lot of money.如果你冒险投资，你可能会损失很多钱
What level of risk are you willing to take?你愿意承担多大的风险?
Investing in that company is very risky because it has many strong competitors.投资那家公司风险很大，因为它有许多强大的竞争对手。
If you make a risky investment you may lose a lot of money.如果你冒险投资，你可能会损失很多钱。
Meeting someone on the internet can be very risky,so becareful.在网上认识某人是很危险的，所以要小心。
Starting a new company can be very risky because most new companies fail within 5 years.在网上认识某人是很危险的，所以要小心。
Ridiculous, to be foolish or not make any sense.可笑，愚蠢或没有任何意义。
Their proposal is ridiculous, because it requires too much time and money.他们的建议很荒谬，因为它需要太多的时间和金钱。
Without enough quality practice, it's ridiculous to expect much progress.没有足够的质量实践，期望有很大的进步是荒谬的。
At first we thought his proposal wasridiculous, but then we realized that itmadesense.起初我们认为他的建议很荒谬，但后来我们意识到这是有道理的。
Without enough quality practice, it’s ridiculous to expect much progress.没有足够的质量实践，期望有很大的进步是荒谬的。
He is lazy and the quality of his work is poor, so it’s ridiculous for him to expect a bonus.他很懒，工作质量也很差，所以他期望得到奖金是荒谬的。
It’s ridiculous for us to expect great results from such a poorly designed product.对我们来说，期待这样一个设计糟糕的产品能带来好的结果是荒谬的。
Innovative, to come up with a new idea or way of doing things.创新，提出新的想法或做事的方法。
Innovative people are usually clever and creative.有创新精神的人通常是聪明和有创造力的。
To innovate means to come up with a new way of doing something.创新意味着想出做某事的新方法。
Innovative thinkingcan lead to the development of new products and services.创新思维可以导致新产品和新服务的开发。
Agreeing to herinnovativeideas was difficult at first, but itturned out to be the rightdecision.起初，同意她的创新想法是困难的，但后来证明这是正确的决定。
She left the company because she didn’t think it was innovative enough.她离开这家公司是因为她认为它不够创新。
He isn’t innovative because he resists change and always wants to do things the same way.他缺乏创新，因为他抗拒改变，总是想以同样的方式做事。
If they want to be innovative, they should change the way they’ve been doing things.如果他们想要创新，他们应该改变他们做事的方式。
His innovative proposals made several of the engineers very uncomfortable, but they finally agreed.他的创新建议使一些工程师感到很不舒服，但他们最后同意了。
Conservative,to be conservative is to avoid taking risks.保守，保守就是避免冒险。
Conservative investors try to make safe investments.保守的投资者试图进行安全的投资。
A conservative investor wants to minimize risks.保守的投资者希望将风险降到最低。
A conservative approach to management may discourage innovation.保守的管理方法可能会阻碍创新。
If you don’t want to take arisk, you should take aconservativeapproach to investing.如果你不想冒险，你应该采取保守的投资方法。
Her parents are very conservative, so they don’t approve of her wearing so much makeup.她的父母很保守，所以他们不赞成她化那么浓的妆。
A conservative approach to management may discourage innovation.保守的管理方法可能会阻碍创新。
Interacting with Others
与他人互动
To disguise, to change something's appearance,so that it can't be recognized.伪装，改变某物的外表，使其无法被认出。
He wasn't good at disguising himself, so we knew who he was right away.他不擅长伪装自己，所以我们马上就知道他是谁了。
She wore a disguise, so I wasn't sure who she was.她乔装打扮，所以我不知道她是谁。
He fooled everyone into believing in his plan, but it was all a disguise.他骗得每个人都相信他的计划，但那只是个幌子。
She disguised her true intentions so nobody knew what she was planning to do.她掩饰了自己的真实意图，所以没有人知道她打算做什么。
To clarify, to explain, or make something clear.澄清澄清、解释或使某事清楚
We weren't sure what he meant until he clarified his ideas.在他阐明自己的观点之前，我们不确定他是什么意思
Everyone was confused until she clarified what she meant.每个人都很困惑，直到她澄清了她的意思。
His attempt to clarify things only added to the confusion.他试图澄清事情，结果只会使事情更加混乱。
There are still many details that need to be clarified.仍有许多细节需要澄清。
We can’t agree to your proposal unless you clarify a few points.除非你阐明几点，否则我们不能同意你的建议。
To confuse, to make things difficult to understand, the opposite of to clarify.混淆，使事情难以理解，与澄清相反
Everyone was confused because her presentation was so disorganized.每个人都很困惑，因为她的演讲太混乱了。
He confuses people, because he keeps changing his ideas.他不断改变自己的想法，使人们感到困惑。
The instructions were confusing, so nobody knew what to do.说明书很混乱，所以没人知道该怎么办。
After the explosion people were confused and unsure about where to go.爆炸发生后，人们很困惑，不知道该去哪里。
The instructions were confusing, so nobody knew what to do.说明书很混乱，所以没人知道该怎么办。
A good leader can make decisions even when the situation is confusing.一个好的领导者即使在令人困惑的情况下也能做出决定。
To ignore, to try not to notice or deal with something,to act as something isn't there.忽视，试着不去注意或处理某件事，假装某事不存在。
We try to ignore her, but she finally stood up and told everyone to shut up.我们试着不理睬她，但她终于站了起来，叫大家闭嘴。
People don't respect or like her,so they ignore her in the office.人们不尊重或不喜欢她，所以他们在办公室里不理她。
He is an ignorant old fool, so we should just ignore him.他是个无知的老傻瓜，所以我们应该无视他。
We are ignorant because we are ignoring the facts.我们无知是因为我们忽视了事实。
We can’t ignore the fact that we are losing money.我们不能忽视我们正在赔钱的事实。
To confirm, to indicate that something is correct or completed as expected.确认，表明某件事如预期的那样已经完成。
We weren't sure he was going to accept our offer, until he called and confirmed it.我们不确定他是否会接受我们的提议，直到他打电话来确认。
We can't start the project without a written confirmation that we agree on the details.如果没有就细节达成一致的书面确认，我们就不能开始这个项目。
We won’t sign the contract until we receive confirmation that they have made the first payment.在我们收到他们已经支付了第一笔款项的确认之前，我们不会签署合同
There are still many details that need to be clarified.仍有许多细节需要澄清。
He denied being there, but we have witnesses who can confirm that he was there.他否认在那里，但我们有目击者能证实他在那里。
We can’t afford to make a mistake, so we need to confirm the facts.我们不能犯错误，所以我们需要证实事实。
can you confirm that the payment has been received？你能确认已经收到付款吗?
