grow into
释义：“成长成为”，形容组织或个人的最终发展结果，常在留学文书里用来引入自己的人生目标。
例句：
The Joint Committee would grow into an influential investigative body of Congress.
What m[……]
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second nature
释义：“第二本能”，形容一种习惯成自然的境界。
例句：
Eventually, listening to your inner voice will become second nature, and you’ll be able to use it in more[……]
for generations to come
释义：“为了子孙后代”，在留学文书里用来形容自己所投身专业的深远意义。
例句：
The restoration of the site means the legacy will be maintained for generations to c[……]
irretrievable
释义：形容词，意思是“无可挽回的”，常在留学文书里描述发生的一件不能弥补的，无法挽救的事情。
例句：
It is world-shattering because, once evil is done, historicity makes irretrievable[……]
delude
释义：作动词，意思是“欺骗，哄骗，诱惑”。固定搭配词组：delude oneself，意思是“自欺欺人”。
例句：
There was no point in letting some hope for sympathy delude her into greater hopes.[……]
indignant
释义：形容词，表“激愤的，愤怒的，愤愤不平的”，是程度更高更加正式的表示愤怒、愤慨的词汇。在留学文书中，be indignant over可以与be angry about及be mad at进行区分替换，达到丰富词汇的目的。
例句：
He is indignant that[……]
to make matters worse
释义：“让情况变得更糟的是”，在留学文书里形容屋漏偏逢连夜雨的窘迫处境，matters应为复数。
例句：
To make matters worse, they are saddled with hundreds of thousands of dol[……]
cross-reference
释义：这个复合词可以直接作为动词使用，在留学文书里表示“比照印证”不同的参考资料以得到有效的结论。
例句：
And, when cross-referenced with other sources, the idea of it became irrefutab[……]
have a say
释义：习惯用语，表示某人对于某项议题“有发言权”。
例句：
They really want to have a say in a driveway.
It truly upset me because the child didn’t have a say in the[……]
in the comfort of
释义：“在……怡然自得的”，用于形容在令人惬意的某个环境中进行某项活动。
例句：
In other words, when he was at home, in the comfort of his familiar surroundings, he migh[……]