门槛: doorstep, sill, threshold, knack or trick (esp. scheme to get sth cheaper)...
写作: to write, to compose, writing, written works...
压抑: to constrain or repress emotions, oppressive, stifling, depressing, repression...
效仿: to copy, to imitate...
启示: to reveal, to enlighten, enlightenment, revelation, illumination, moral (of a story etc), lesson...
不准: not to allow, to forbid, to prohibit...
来宾: guest, visitor...
质疑: to call into question, to question (truth or validity)...
代言人: spokesperson...
胸有成竹: to plan in advance (idiom), a card up one's sleeve, forewarned is forearmed...