堡垒: fort...
加速: to speed up, to expedite...
良心: conscience...
元素: element, element of a set, chemical element...
时段: time interval, work shift, time slot, the twelve two-hour divisions of the day...
工人: worker...
峰会: summit meeting...
断: to break, to snap, to cut off, to give up or abstain from sth, to judge, (usu. used in the negative) absolutely, definitely, decidedly...
焦虑: anxious, worried, apprehensive...
乘: to ride, to mount, to make use of, to avail oneself of, to take advantage of, to multiply (math.), Buddhist sect or creed...