暗杀: to assassinate...
不然: not so, no, or else, otherwise, if not, How about...?...
看上去: it would appear, it seems (that)...
进展: to make headway, to make progress...
顺理成章: logical, only to be expected, rational and clearly structured (of text)...
腔: cavity of body, barrel (e.g. engine cylinder), compartment, tune, accent of speech...
磨: grindstone, to grind, to turn round...
人权: human rights...
浪费: to waste, to squander...
一味: blindly, invariably...
