【動詞搭配】
yearn for 渴望 （have an intense feeling of loss or lack and longing for something）
be shorn of
1) (羊)剪了毛的;修剪過的The grass is smooth and shorn.草地平整,而且是剛修剪過的。the boy’s shorn head 男孩那修剪得很短的頭發2) 被搶奪了的;被剝奪了的He hasbeen shorn ofhis power.他已被剝奪了權力。
set aboutdestroying belief system 著手摧毀信仰體系
belief in communism began to erode 共產主義信仰開始腐蝕
meld…to...與...結合
launch a campaign 發起一項運動
abhor social changes 厭惡社會改變
presents a fascinating panorama 呈現出一幅引人入勝的全景圖
instil morality 灌輸道德
gradually but firmly establish (an idea or attitude, especially a desirable one) in a person's mind逐漸灌輸, 逐步培養（尤指好的思想、態度等）：the standards her parents had instilled into her.父母向她逐漸灌輸的標準。
empower faith/confidence 增強信仰/信心
[with obj.] make (someone) stronger and more confident, especially in controlling their life and claiming their rights使更強大; 增強…的信心（尤指使某人能夠掌握自身命運及維護自身權利）：movements to empower the poor.旨在增強窮人能力和自信心的運動。
enforce behaviour 強制執行行為
co-opt religious groups 接受宗教團體
adopt (an idea or policy) for one's own use吸收; 接受; 借鑒（觀念、政策）：the green parties have had most of their ideas co-opted by bigger parties.這些綠黨的大部分觀點都已被大一些的黨派吸收借鑒。
crush/suppress religious groups 鎮壓宗教團體
epitomize the changes 概括了變化
be sceptical about 對...表示懷疑
【常用術語】
political implication 政治影響
a likely consequence of something
可能的后果：
a victory which had important political implications.
有重大政治影響的勝利。
massive cultural shift 巨大的文化轉變
an impediment to progress 阻礙進步
thwart, disrupt, obstruct,impede, hinder, prevent 阻礙
absence of a belief system 缺少信仰體系
moral decay 道德淪喪
a lack of trust 缺乏信任
thrusting entrepreneurs 積極進取的企業家
