十一、進(jìn)展（progress）

1.advance [?d?vɑ:ns]

【例句】Medical technology has advanced considerably.

【翻譯】醫(yī)學(xué)技術(shù)突飛猛進(jìn)。

2.headway ['hedwe?]

【例句】She has made remarkable headway in her writing skills.

【翻譯】她在寫作技巧方面有了長足進(jìn)步.

十二、渴望，希望（hope）

1.desire [d??za??(r)]

【例句】They seem to regain their desire for life.

【翻譯】他們似乎重獲對(duì)生活的熱望。

2.eagerness ['i:g?n?s]

【例句】He began to explain with the most considerable eagerness.

【翻譯】他開始解釋，顯得鄭重其事，又萬分熱誠。

3.urge [?:d?]

【例句】He had an urge to open a shop of his own.

【翻譯】他很想自己開一家店

4.hunger [?h??g?(r)]

【例句】I can't understand why he seems to have no hunger for knowledge.

【翻譯】我不明白為什么他看上去對(duì)知識(shí)毫無興趣。

5.yearning [?j?:n??]

【例句】He has always a yearning to be a schoolteacher.

【翻譯】他一直想成為一名老師。

十三、意識(shí)（sense）

1.consciousness [?k?n??sn?s]

【例句】He is acutely conscious that this transition will bring with it the risk of social unrest.

【翻譯】他非常清楚這種轉(zhuǎn)變伴隨著社會(huì)動(dòng)亂的危險(xiǎn)。

2.awareness [??we?n?s]

【例句】He introduced radio to the school to increase the children's awareness.

【翻譯】他在學(xué)校開通廣播，以提高孩子們的警覺性.

3.perception [p?r?sep?n]

【例句】Another interesting issue deals with certain cultures' perception of beauty.

【翻譯】另一個(gè)有趣的問題與特定文化中美的感知有關(guān)。

十四、性格（character）

1.disposition [?d?sp??z??n]

【例句】He was a man of decisive action and an adventurous disposition.

【翻譯】他是一個(gè)行動(dòng)果斷又愛冒險(xiǎn)的人。

2.personality [?p?:s??n?l?ti]

【例句】In today’s personality stakes, nothing is more highly valued than the sense of humor.

【翻譯】現(xiàn)代的性格特點(diǎn)中，沒有什么比幽默感更有價(jià)值。

3.temperament [?tempr?m?nt]

【例句】His impulsive temperament regularly got him into difficulties.

【翻譯】他容易沖動(dòng)，經(jīng)常因此惹麻煩。

4.nature [?ne?t??(r)]

【例句】She feels that her ambitious nature made her unsuitable for an arranged marriage.

【翻譯】她覺得她不安分的個(gè)性不適合包辦的婚姻。

十五、承諾（promise）

1.commitment [k??m?tm?nt]

【例句】They made a commitment to peace.

【翻譯】他們承諾要維護(hù)和平。

2.pledge [pled?]

【例句】In the treaty both sides pledge to respect human rights.

【翻譯】雙方在條約中都承諾將尊重人權(quán)。

3.engagement [?n?ge?d?m?nt]

【例句】All his time seems to be taken up with social engagements.

【翻譯】社會(huì) 活動(dòng)占據(jù)了他所有的時(shí)間