欠缺: to be deficient in, lapse, deficiency...
顺其自然: to let nature take its course (idiom)...
唤起: to waken (to action), to rouse (the masses), to evoke (attention, recollection etc)...
下台: to go off the stage, to fall from position of prestige, to step down (from office etc), to disentangle oneself, to get off the hook...
过日子: to live one's life, to pass one's days, to get along...
理论: theory, to argue, to take notice of...
知识分子: intellectual, intelligentsia, learned person...
疏远: to drift apart, to become estranged, to alienate, estrangement...
招标: to invite bids...
皮带: strap, leather belt...
