赛跑: race (running), to race (running)...
遍: one time, all over; all around; everywhere...
问: to ask, to inquire...
废: to abolish, to abandon, to abrogate, to discard, to depose, to oust, crippled, abandoned, waste...
住处: residence, dwelling, dwelling place...
举足轻重: to play a critical role (idiom), influential...
萎缩: to wither, to dry up (of a plant), to atrophy (of muscle, social custom etc)...
媲美: to match, is comparable with...
最好: best, (you) had better (do what we suggest)...
相比之下: by comparison...
