Glass Ceiling
玻璃天花板是指在公司、企业和机关、团体中对某些群体晋升到高级职位或决策层的潜在限制或障碍。它指正如玻璃一样，这个障碍虽然不会明文规定，但却是实实在在的存在.
Democratic nominee for president
民主党总统候选人(美国有两个主要政党,一个是民主党Democratic Party代表人物Hillary,另一个是共和党Republican Party,代表人物Trump)
Quite a few
数量众多的,程度弱于many,表示出乎意料的多.
Quite a few expresses that the speaker was impressed or astonished by the number, as they would have expected less. Or the speaker wants to emphasize on the fact that it was "more than you would think".
Wiktionary: An indefinite and somewhat large number; more than a few but fewer than a lot; a fair number of.
shatter
verb
A light globe shatters after it is shot with a pistol.
Word forms: third-person singular simple present shatters, present participle shattering, simple past and past participle[分词] shattered
- (transitive:及物动词) to violently break something into pieces.
- The miners used dynamite to shatter rocks.
- a high-pitched voice that could shatter glass.
- The old oak tree has been shattered by lightning.
- (transitive) to destroy or disable something.
- (intransitive:不及物动词) to smash, or break into tiny pieces.
- (transitive) to dispirit or emotionally defeat
- to be shattered in intellect; to have shattered hopes, or a shattered constitution
noun
shatter (countable and uncountable, plural shatters)
-
(countable, archaic:古代的,古体的) A fragment:碎片 of anything shattered.
- to break a glass into shatters
A (pine) needle.[pine:松树,needle:针,pine shatters == pine needle松针]
Synonym: shat (Maryland, Delaware)(uncountable, slang:俚语) A form of concentrated cannabis.
take place
发生
When something takes place, it happens, especially in a controlled or organized way.
set the scene/stage for
为某事做铺垫
If someone sets the scene or sets the stage for an event to take place, they make preparations so that it can take place.
shoo-in
countable plural shoo-ins
A shoo-in is a person or thing that seems sure to succeed.
someone or sth expected to win easily in an election, a race, etc.
be a shoo-in for something
be certain to win something, such as an election or a contest.
devastating
adj
- If you describe sth as devastating, you are emphasizing that it is very harmful or damaging.
Affairs do have a devastating effect on marriages. - You can use devastating to emphasizing sth is very shocking, upsetting, terrible.
- You can use devastating to emphasizing sth or someone is very impressive.
I was devastating.
carry out
phrasal verb[动词短语]
实施,执行
If you carry out a threat, task, or instruction, you do it or act according to it.
Do you think she will carry out her threat?
campaign
Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense campaigns, present participle campaigning, past tense, past participle campaigned
countable noun
A campaign is a planned set of activities that people carry out over a period of time in order to achieve something such as social or political change.
election campaign: 选举运动
In a war, a campaign is a series of planned movements carried out by armed forces.
The allies are intensifying their air campaign.
verb
If someone campaigns for something, they carry out a planned set of activities over a period of time in order to achieve their aim.
v + for: We are campaigning for a law reform.
v + against + n: Mr Burns has actively campaigned against a hostel being set up here.
v + to-infinitive[动词不定式]: They have been campaigning to improve the legal status of women.
intangible
Word forms: plural intangibles
adj
Sth that is intangible is abstract or is hard to define or measure.
There are intangible benefits beyond a rise in the share price.
You can refer to intangible things as intangibles.
Women workers place more importance on intangibles such as a sense of achievement.
hierarchy
Word forms: plural hierarchies
等级制度
A hierarchy is a system of organizing people into different ranks or levels of importance, for example in society or in a company.
get into
phrasal verb
If you get into a particular kind of work or activity, you manage to become involved in it.
He was eager to get into politics.
If you get into a school, college, or university, you are accepted there as a student.
I was working hard to get into Cambridge.
If you ask what has got into someone, you mean that they are behaving very differently from the way they usually behave.
What has got into you today? Why are you behaving like this?
a load of
You can use a load of to refer to people or things which you do not like. For example, if you say that something is a load of rubbish, you are emphasizing that you think it is no good at all or not true at all.
[informal, emphasis]
I've never heard such a load of nonsense.
Personally, I think that's a load of garbage!
hush-hush
adj
Something that is hush-hush is secret and not to be discussed with other people.
Or is that also a hush hush topic for you in your culture?
spin on
If someone puts a certain spin on an event or situation, they interpret it and try to present it in a particular way.
So, it seems, like, so unnatural that you would talk about how much you're getting paid, but this article is putting a different spin on it.
in sb's stead
If you do something in someone's stead, you replace them and do it instead of them.
Pray for Master Logarius, in my stead...
替我向Logarius大师祈祷.
empowerment
授权,增加信心和能力
The empowerment of a person or group of people is the process of giving them power and status in a particular situation.