1.ring out: When a sound rings out, it is loud and clear: 最基本的意思表示“响”
比如：枪响：A shot rang out.
这里则有一丝升华：Those words rang out across the Internet last week. 这些话响彻（传遍）互联网。
2.hoary adj.
两个意思 1）(old-fashioned) very old and well known and therefore no longer interesting
eg: a hoary old joke 老掉牙的笑话 还有文中的 hoary cliche
2）literally (especially of hair) grey or white because a person is old
eg: His hair was a hoary white.
3.spasm
noun [C or U]
1a sudden uncontrollable tightening of a muscle:
a muscle/muscular spasm
MAINLY UK My leg suddenly went into spasm.
2 spasm of sth a short period of something, especially something uncontrollable:
a spasm of guilt/coughing/laughing
4. morbidity 病态
通常用法还是具体的 比如发病率 morbidity rate 发病周期 morbidity circle
5.fixated adj.迷恋 依恋
unable to stop thinking about something:
a nation fixated on the past
Back in London, he became fixated with his best friend's daughter.
6.imminent
/ˈɪmɪnənt; ˋɪmənənt/adj (esp of unpleasant events) about to happen; likely to happen very soon （尤指不愉快的事件）即将发生的, 临近的, 逼近的:
no warning of imminent danger没有即将发生危险的警告 *
An announcement of further cuts in government expenditure is imminent.最近将发布进一步削减政府开支的公告.
>imminence/-əns;-əns/n[U]:
the imminence of nuclear war核战迫近的危险.
imminently adv.
