I HAVE always felt close to people older than myself，looked down a little bit on people more or less my own age，and felt both esteem and terror when confronted with little children，from whom I deliberately maintain a respectful distance. This is not because I “fear?being eclipsed by young generations” as the old saying goes. I imagine that，once they grow up，most of them will be quite ordinary and no better，in all likelihood，than my own generation.?——張愛玲

好詞

esteem n.尊重，敬重，好評? vt.尊重，敬重，把...看作，認(rèn)為

eg：①Please accent the assurances of my sincere regards and high esteem at all times.順至誠摯和崇高的祝福

②He is held in high esteem by colleagues in the construction industry.建筑業(yè)的同行們都很敬重他

terror n.恐怖，驚駭，恐怖行動，討厭鬼

confront vt.直面，面對，處理解決，與（某人）對峙

eg：We are learning how to confront death instead of avoiding its reality.我們在學(xué)習(xí)如何直面死亡而非回避死亡這一事實(shí)

deliberately adv.故意的

eclipse v.使失色，使相形見絀，使失去重要性? n.日食，月食，黯然失色，（權(quán)勢）喪失

eg：①The election result marked the eclipse of the right wing選舉結(jié)果標(biāo)志著右翼的失勢

②He is completely eclipsed by his brother他與兄弟相比黯然失色

in all likelihood 十有八九，多半，可能性很大

地道表達(dá)

deliberately maintain a respectful distance 完全敬而遠(yuǎn)之

fear?being eclipsed by young generations 后生可畏

素材來源：獨(dú)霸上海的妖怪公眾號