As a rule, men worry more about what they can’t see than about what they can.
—Julius Caesar[……]
As a rule, men worry more about what they can’t see than about what they can.
—Julius Caesar[……]

date back to
释义:“追溯到、始于”,常常在留学文书里用于分析某种癖好或者学术热情的缘起以体现其对于自身的深刻影响。注意虽然是回忆过去,一般来说时态还是用现在时。
例句:
A lot of the material she does is jazz, blues and pop da[……]
The world is full of willing people, some willing to work, the rest willing to let them.
—Robert Frost[……]

1859年,马萨诸塞州议会(Massachusetts General Court)收到了一个利用后湾(Back Bay)填海工程新产生的土地来新建一个“艺术与科学的学府”的提案,不过最初并没有得到通过。但两年之后,在弗吉尼亚大学(University of Virginia)教授罗杰斯(Wi[……]

conscious
释义:作形容词,意思是“刻意的,神志清醒的,清楚的”。
固定词组搭配:be conscious of,意思是“意识到的,在意的”。
例句:
Your hunches are usually based on facts filed away just below the co[……]

在这篇文章开篇,我可以和大家分享一个老留学顾问的小秘密——
我对我们AADPS每一位学员的每一份申请,在感情上都有十足的信心。
当然,这不是说大家都能发发必中,我没有这种能力,也坦诚的不做这种承诺。但是如果信心不足的话,怎能确保文书是扎扎实实写出来,申请是稳稳妥妥做好呢。本质上来说,留学申请,包[……]

steadfast
释义: 形容词,表“坚定的,不变的,不动摇的”,在留学文书中可以作为certain和dedicated的同义词进行替换,达到丰富词汇的目的。
例句:
Egypt is a steadfast ally in the GWOT global war on terror, and[……]

outwardly
释义: 副词,意思是“表面上地”,在文书中可以用来描写自己内心感受与外在表现的不一致。
例句:
Inwardly, Tyler sighed. Outwardly, he stayed cool.
He didn’t get outwardly excited, but he[……]