1. She personified it very brilliantly and she wasn't really like that. But she nailed it.
nail : ① to achieve sth or do sth right, especially in sport
（尤指体育运动中）获得，赢得，击中
e.g. He nailed a victory in the semi-finals.
他在半决赛中获胜。
② to prove that sth is not true
证明…不属实；揭露；揭发
e.g. We must nail this lie.
我们一定要戳穿这个谎言。
③ to catch sb and prove they are guilty of a crime or of doing sth bad
抓获并证明有罪；抓住
e.g. The police haven't been able to nail the killer.
警方还没有抓到杀人凶手。
2. She had to fight was Givenchy to sublimate the little black dress and take everything that wasn't bolted on off of it, wheter it was a bow or whatever
sublimate : to direct your energy, especially sexual energy, to socially acceptable activities such as work, exercise, art, etc.
升华，使高尚化（把性欲冲动等转移到工作、锻炼、艺术等社会可接受的活动中）
e.g. He could try to sublimate the problem by writing, in detail, about it
他可以努力通过详细记述该问题而使其受到人们的正视。
3. Most celebrities were petrified of going on Johnny Carson
petrify : to make sb feel extremely frightened
使吓呆；使惊呆
e.g. Prison petrifies me and I don't want to go there.
监狱太可怕了，我不想去那里。
4. And then she was this huge star reunited with a total stranger who had abandoned her in this nondescript place, accompanied by her husband who was drifting away from her.
nondescript : having no interesting or unusual features or qualities
无特征的；平庸的；毫无个性的
e.g. Her clothes told me nothing: they were about as nondescript and lacking in chic as it was possible to be.
从她的衣着上什么也看不出来：全是大路货，毫无时髦优雅之处。
5. Once she had had her family, she had kind of reached her apex.
apex : the top or highest part of sth
顶点；最高点
e.g. The apex of his career was when he hoisted aloft the world cup.
他高举世界杯时达到了他事业的顶峰。
6. She had an unpretentious house there filled with flowers and she loved being in Rome.
unpretentious : not trying to appear more special, intelligent, important, etc. than you really are
谦虚谨慎的；不事张扬的；不爱炫耀的
e.g. She managed to impart great elegance to the unpretentious dress she was wearing
她使自己朴素的衣着看起来也十分优雅。
词汇总结
nail
sublimate
petrify
nondescript
apex
unpretentious
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1. She personified it very brilliantly and she wasn't really like that. But she nailed it.
nail : ① to achieve sth or do sth right, especially in sport
（尤指体育运动中）获得，赢得，击中
e.g. He nailed a victory in the semi-finals.
他在半决赛中获胜。
② to prove that sth is not true
证明…不属实；揭露；揭发
e.g. We must nail this lie.
我们一定要戳穿这个谎言。
③ to catch sb and prove they are guilty of a crime or of doing sth bad
抓获并证明有罪；抓住
e.g. The police haven't been able to nail the killer.
警方还没有抓到杀人凶手。
2. She had to fight was Givenchy to sublimate the little black dress and take everything that wasn't bolted on off of it, wheter it was a bow or whatever
sublimate : to direct your energy, especially sexual energy, to socially acceptable activities such as work, exercise, art, etc.
升华，使高尚化（把性欲冲动等转移到工作、锻炼、艺术等社会可接受的活动中）
e.g. He could try to sublimate the problem by writing, in detail, about it
他可以努力通过详细记述该问题而使其受到人们的正视。
3. Most celebrities were petrified of going on Johnny Carson
petrify : to make sb feel extremely frightened
使吓呆；使惊呆
e.g. Prison petrifies me and I don't want to go there.
监狱太可怕了，我不想去那里。
4. And then she was this huge star reunited with a total stranger who had abandoned her in this nondescript place, accompanied by her husband who was drifting away from her.
nondescript : having no interesting or unusual features or qualities
无特征的；平庸的；毫无个性的
e.g. Her clothes told me nothing: they were about as nondescript and lacking in chic as it was possible to be.
从她的衣着上什么也看不出来：全是大路货，毫无时髦优雅之处。
5. Once she had had her family, she had kind of reached her apex.
apex : the top or highest part of sth
顶点；最高点
e.g. The apex of his career was when he hoisted aloft the world cup.
他高举世界杯时达到了他事业的顶峰。
6. She had an unpretentious house there filled with flowers and she loved being in Rome.
unpretentious : not trying to appear more special, intelligent, important, etc. than you really are
谦虚谨慎的；不事张扬的；不爱炫耀的
e.g. She managed to impart great elegance to the unpretentious dress she was wearing
她使自己朴素的衣着看起来也十分优雅。
词汇总结
nail
sublimate
petrify
nondescript
apex
unpretentious
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