Nowadays, some parents are hard on their sons and daughters, asking them to learn English, to learn to play the piano, to learn painting, and to learn many things. Piano单独可以
2、他下定决心戒赌，所以看见往日的赌友他惟恐避之不及。（disassociate oneself from）
He is determined to give up gambling, so when he sees his former gambling friends, he is more than eager to disassociate himself from their company. Quit/ get rid of
Rita's husband is away for the week, so I thought I'd go over and keep her company (=be with her so that she doesn't feel lonely).
3、记者们接到严厉的警告，没有官方批准不得前往地震灾区。（stern）
The reporters received a stern warning not to go to the earthquake-stricken area without official permission. Permission (u.c.)
Sanction (u.c.) formal = official permission, approval, or acceptance approval
4、孩子读书不争气，家长的日子就不好过了。（keep up） Life is tough for parents whose kids fail to keep up in school.
5、嫌疑犯打算逃走，但是他的家人把他劝说住了。（dissuade）
The suspect considered sneaking away, but his family managed to dissuade him. flee
Succeeded in doing
Dissuade sb from doing it
6、电缆全部是明亮的黄色，以防行人绊脚。（trip over）
The cables are all bright yellow to prevent pedestrians from tripping over them. Sb trips over sth Stumble over be tripped over错
7、他对那个决定深为恼火，高举双臂表示不满。（exasperation） Infuriated by the decision, he threw up his arms in exasperation. Exasperated by.../ exasperated with
8、由于日晒雨淋，这幢老房子门上的漆已经斑痕累累。（blotch）
The paint on the door of this old house has been blotched and striped by years of weathering. Full of blotches
if rock, wood, or sb's face is weathered by the wind, sun, rain etc, or if it weathers, it changes colour or shape over a period of time: The brick has weathered to a lovely pinky-brown. Her face was weathered by the sun.
weather-beaten buildings, skin, clothing etc look old and damaged because they have been out in bad weather
我们在吸收外国文化精华的时候，不应为毫无创造的一味模仿而得意。沉溺于简单的模仿将扼杀创造力，我们也将不可能攀登艺术的新高峰，不可能向世界展示我们自己创作的优秀作品。简单的模仿与新意和创意完全是两回事。事实上，新意和创意是现代风格与传统风格的融合，是外国特色与本民族特色的融合，是艺术特质与教育本质的融合。
While absorbing the essence of a foreign culture, we should not be content with imitation without creation. An obsession with simple imitation will sterilize creation, and as such it will be impossible for us to scale new heights in art and impossible to present to the world excellent works of our own creation. Simple imitation is by no means equivalent to novelty and originality. On the contrary, novelty and originality result from the combination of modern and traditional styles, the combination of the distinctive features of foreign countries with those of our own nation, and the combination of artistry and education.
Cream, quintessence Slavishly 盲目地
使不育，杀菌，使贫瘠。smother, snuff out, stifle, kill, throttle, strangle As such照这样
scale the heights: to be extremely successful 攀登
By the age of 21 he had already scaled the heights in the academic world. Integration, fusion, mix, blending, merging
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