1.soul-searching 深思,真挚的自我反省
My year was really spent doing a lot of soul-searching and trying to find out what had gone wrong in my life.
我把这一年都花在了深刻的反省上,试图找出我生活受挫的原因
2.ward off 避开
Bilingualism, says one new study, helps ward off Alzheimer's for up to four years.
一个新研究表明,双语能帮助抵御老年痴呆症长达四年之久