取胜: to score a victory, to prevail over one's opponents...
表面: surface, face, outside, appearance...
缺失: deficiency, shortcoming, hiatus...
预约: booking, reservation, to book, to make an appointment...
自卫: self-defense...
接班人: successor...
月底: end of the month...
安宁: peaceful, tranquil, calm, composed, free from worry...
荡漾: to ripple, to undulate...
演绎: (of a story etc) to unfold, to play out, to develop (a technique etc), to enact, (logic) to deduce, to infer...