腊月: twelfth lunar month...
猛烈: fierce, violent (criticism etc)...
大于: greater than, bigger than, more than, >...
或多或少: more or less...
负: to bear, to carry (on one's back), to turn one's back on, to be defeated, negative (math. etc)...
倒计时: to count down, countdown...
应: to answer, to respond, to comply with, to deal or cope with...
逮: (coll.) to catch, to seize...
宣告: to declare, to proclaim...
虽: although, even though...
