slack
a. not tight or firm; loose 不紧的；松弛的

flank
v. be located at the side (of); attack the side (of) 位于侧面；攻击侧面

man(o)euver
n. a planned movement of troops or warships; a skillful move or clever trick 部队等的调遣；巧计；策略

flanking maneuve
n. 侧攻策略

zen
n. a japanese form of Buddhism, emphasizing the value of meditation and intuition 禅；禅宗

archer
n. a person who shoots with a bow and arrows 弓箭手

bow
n. 弓

imply
vt. express indirectly; suggest 暗示；意味着

sideways
a. to or from a side 旁边的；向侧面的

affirm
vt. declare to be true; say firmly 断言；肯定

period
int.（美口）（常用于叙述事实或看法后表示强调）就是这话；就是这么回事

cease
vt. put an end to; stop 终止；停止

Phrases and EXpressions

take in
receive; absorb 接受；接纳；吸收

in effect
in reality 实际上

take over
take control in place of sth. else 取而代之；取得主导地位

be hung up on/about
be thinking or worrying too much about 因…而烦心；因…而心神不宁

wind up
(infml.) bring or come to an end; end in a specified state or circumstance （口）（使）结束；以…告终

end up
wind up; come out 结束；结果是

pull on
draw (one end of sth. long) continuously and with force 用力拉（某长形物之一端）

Proper Names

Caroline Seebohm
卡罗琳·西博姆

Edward Jenner
爱德华·詹纳（1749 — 1823，英国医生，发现牛痘对天花有免疫力，1796年试验牛痘接种成功）

Edward de Bono
爱德华·德·博诺（1933 —，美国哲学家）

Aristotelian
（古希腊哲学家和科学家）亚里士多德（式）的

Sherlock Holmes
歇洛克·福尔摩斯（英国作家 A. Conan Doyle 所著系列侦探小说中的虚构主人公，一位推理能力极强的私家大侦探）

Watson
华生（福尔摩斯的助手）

A.A.Bridger
A·A·布里杰