privileged
adj. 享有特权的
eg. Employees are privileged to buy at a discount.
雇员有打折购买的特权。

steer
vt. 指导，指引；控制；驾驶
eg. I can steer you to the best hotel in the city.
我可以把你带到本市最好的饭店。

daunting
n. 令人生畏的
eg. Don't be daunted by the amount of work still to be done.
不要因那大量待做的工作而失去信心。

transition
n. 转变；过度
eg. Adolescence is the transition period between childhood and manhood.
青春期是儿童和成人阶段的过渡时期。

rev
vi. 加速；增加
eg. Don't rev up the engine too fast.
不要使发动机转速太快。

harness
vt. 驾驭
eg. They will harness the sun's energy to heat homes.
他们将利用太阳能为住宅供暖。

sequester
vt. 使隔离
eg. This project will strip carbon dioxide out of its emissions and sequester it a mile underground.
这一计划会把气田排放出的二氧化碳收集起来，将其封存在地下一英里处。

electrification
n. 电气化
eg. It seems that except for few improvements such as electrification, railway has been neglected.
似乎除了电气化之类的为数不多的改进外，铁路一直不受重视。