开通: open-minded...
比较: to compare, to contrast, comparatively, relatively, quite, comparison...
扑面而来: sth hits one in the face, directly in one's face, sth assaults the senses, blatant (advertising), eye-catching, (a smell) assaults the nostrils...
阶段: stage, section, phase, period...
侍候: to serve, to wait upon...
势力: power, influence, a force (military, political etc)...
涂抹: to paint, to smear, to apply (makeup etc), to doodle, to erase, to obliterate...
