1.expand 扩张
The money supply expanded by 14.6 percent in the year to September.
截至9月,当年的货币供应增加了14.6% 。
2.adoption 采取;收养
She refused to give the child for adoption.
她拒绝将她的孩子给人收养 。
3.acceptance 接受
There was a general acceptance that the defence budget would shrink.
人们普遍相信国防预算将会缩减 。
4.social 社会的
The guests came from all social backgrounds.
客人们来自各个社会阶层 。
5.Thrun said it took time for airplanes, cell phones and self-driving cars to win acceptance.
take time to 抽空做
They are bound to take time to readjust after a holiday.
他们肯定需要时间重新适应假期结束后的生活 。
These plans take time to come to fruition.
这些方案需要时间才能取得成果 。
6.The machine so far can fly for just five to 10 minutes, but if the flight time can be extended to 30 minutes.
so far 目前
So far we haven't been able to find anything, but we're still researching.
目前我们还没有任何发现,但是我们仍在研究 。
I think he made a tactical blunder by announcing it so far ahead of time.
我认为他在时机远未成熟时就把这事说了出去是一种失策 。