不论: whatever, no matter what (who, how etc), regardless of, not to discuss...
冷淡: cold, indifferent...
基本: basic, fundamental, main, elementary...
听: (literary pronunciation, still advocated in Taiwan) to rule, to sentence, to allow...
见识: to gain first-hand knowledge of sth, to experience for oneself, knowledge, experience, insight...
中外: Sino-foreign, Chinese-foreign, home and abroad...
妖怪: monster, devil...
晚餐: evening meal, dinner...
历届: all previous (meetings, sessions etc)...
辩护: to speak in defense of, to argue in favor of, to defend, to plead...
