Urban Development Vocabulary

hurdle

• a type of race involving jumping over obstacles

• a problem or difficulty that you must deal with before you can achieve something (障碍；困难)

• a physical barrier that prevents movement

• a celebration or event marking a significant achievement

escalate

• to improve gradually

• to become much worse or more serious

• to remain unchanged

• to decrease in intensity

excel

• to be very good at doing something (擅长；善于；突出)

• to fail at a task (失败)

• to be average in performance (表现一般)

• to avoid doing something (避免)

lavish

• large in quantity and expensive or impressive (大量的；昂贵的；使人印象深刻的)

• simple and inexpensive

• small and unremarkable

• moderate and average

extra

• additional; not included in the usual charge (额外的；另外收费的)

• something that is not necessary (不必要的东西)

• a type of discount (折扣的一种)

• an item that is included in the usual charge (包含在通常费用中的项目)

prone

• likely to do something or suffer from something, especially something bad (易于发生某事的；很可能...的)

• having a tendency to be inactive or lazy

• being resistant to change or adaptation

• showing a preference for positive outcomes

predominant

• more powerful, more common, or more easily noticed than others (占优势的；占主导地位的；显著的)

• less significant or less common than others

• equally present among all options

• rarely noticed or acknowledged

projected

• forecasted to happen in a certain way (预计要)

• expected to be completed soon (预计很快完成)

• planned for future development (计划未来发展)

• predicted to be successful (预测会成功)

urbanization

• the process by which towns and cities grow bigger and more and more people go to live in them (城市化)

• the decline of rural areas as people move to the countryside

• the increase in agricultural production in urban areas

• the movement of people from cities to suburbs

inhabitant

• one of the people who live in a particular place (居民)

• a person who travels frequently

• a person who owns property

• a person who studies geography