自力更生: regeneration through one's own effort (idiom), self-reliance...
上瘾: to get into a habit, to become addicted...
降低: to reduce, to lower, to bring down...
树梢: the tip of a tree, treetop...
人选: choice of person, candidate...
爆冷门: an upset (esp. in sports), unexpected turn of events, to pull off a coup, a breakthrough...
传出: to transmit outwards, to disseminate, efferent (nerve)...
庄重: grave, solemn, dignified...
直觉: intuition...
惊醒: to rouse, to be woken by sth, to wake with a start, to sleep lightly...