The State Council will lay down new rules that aim to make management compatible with internationally accepted conventions.（conferences）
The dean can’t see you at the moment. He is addressing （speaking to）the first-year students in the lecture hall.
I found this very profitable in diminishing （lessening）the intensity of narrow-minded prejudice.
When a man knows that he will be put into prison if he uses a potentially deadly （fatal）object to rob or do harm to another person, he will think twice about it
Nothing is so uncertain as the fashion market where one style prevails over another before being replaced.
An intimate and objective knowledge of how you are doing in the customer’s eyes is critical.
在客户眼中，对你的表现有一个深入而客观的了解是至关重要的。
Silk, although it is considered a delicate （fragile） fabric, is in fact very strong, but it is adversely affected by sunlight.
It is anticipated that this contract will substantially （considerably）increase sales over the next three years.