1.utilities n. 公用事业;实用工具,[计] 实用程序;公共事业设备;公用程式(utility的复数)
Water supplies and other public utilities were badly affected.
供水以及其他公用事业受到了严重影响 。
2.granite n. 花岗岩;坚毅;冷酷无情
He was very skilled at pointing down the blocks of granite.
他善于把花岗岩石凿平 。
3.Ivory Tower n. 象牙塔(指脱离现实生活的小天地)
They don't really, in their ivory towers, understand how pernicious drug crime is.
身处象牙塔里,他们并不真正懂得毒品犯罪多么有害 。