治学: scholarship, high-level study, to do scholarly research, to pursue a high level of study...
阐述: to expound (a position), to elaborate (on a topic), to treat (a subject)...
船只: ship, boat, vessel...
镶嵌: to inlay, to embed, to set (e.g. a jewel in a ring), tiling, tesselation...
提出: to raise (an issue), to propose, to put forward, to suggest, to post (on a website), to withdraw (cash)...
痛心: grieved, pained...
开除: to expel (a member of an organization), to fire (an employee)...
前辈: senior, older generation, precursor...
鲜明: bright, clear-cut, distinct...
有的放矢: shoot the arrow at the target -- have a definite object in view, do sth. with a purpose...
