1. prior to … 在...之前
2. reach the overwhelming consensus 达成绝对一致
3. be not rivaled … 没有什么能够匹敌
4. be hailed as 被当作。。。(好事)
5. trigger 导致
6. a fringe of 一小部分
7. discrepancy 差异
8. built-in 内置
9. inclination 倾向
10. develop a hit-list of our main fears 列出一串我们很担忧的事情
11. in vast numbers 大量地
12. appear=seem 看起来
13. pose a devastating problem 带来了严重的问题
14. have=share
15. it will matter/work 会起作用的
16. do more harm than good 弊大于利
17. amount to 攀升
18. to put it another way, 换言之
19. launch 开始、启动
20. be derived from … 来自于
21. the impetus/drive of … …的动力
22. make sth possible/make it possible that使…成为可能
23. be known as ..以… 而着称
24. enjoy an unparalleled popularity 无比流行
25. serve … purpose 实现…的目标
26. have superiority/inferiority to 比 … 优越/比 … 自卑
27. rely on/rest on 取决于
28. viewed from this angle 从这个角度看
29. tap into=understand
30. result from 由于。。。
31. full-fledged 发达的
32. dimension 方面
33. dub 授予… 称号
34. foreseeable 可预见的
35. painstaking 痛苦的(艰巨的)painstaking task
36. far from… 远没有达到
37 .at one’s broadest 38 against 而不是绝对的高分用法
●托福写作高分副词：
Mainly, properly, appropriately, understandably , overwhelmingly, instantly, clearly, radically, merely=just=only, unnecessarily, impulsively, especially, entirely, merrily, mentally, physically, generally, keenly, seemingly, strikingly, Utterly, somewhat, moderately, intensely, considerably, fiercely, severely, superficially, virtually, appreciably,vexingly
托福写作需要有大量的词汇和句式的积累，也需要有缜密的逻辑思维能力和文章构架能力，如果能在托福作文中点缀上一些高分词汇，这篇文章，不得高分也是很困难的事。
