[Writing] 深根蒂固、減弱、命令

1. ingrained in: 深根蒂固
This allow school to get to work on a productive long-term plan ─ a plan that had to break the habits that had become ingrained in the school's culture
(這讓學校可以著手於長期更有效計畫，一個必須打破習慣的計畫，這些習慣已經深根於學校文化)

2. abated: 減弱
When Laurie finally got him to see that she agreed that athletics were the most important thing in his life, the discipline problems abated.
(最終當Laurie讓他了解，她也同意運動對他來說是最重要的事情時，紀律的問題也減弱了)

The typhoon has started to abate. (颱風開始減弱了)

3. mandate: 命令、要求
You can get anyone to do you a favor. You can't get groups follow a mandate
你可以讓任何人幫你忙。你沒辦法讓一群人遵守一個命令

4. scrutinize:仔細審查
These days, governments scrutinize each other's education systems as earnestly as their defense policies
(最近各國政府仔細審查彼此的教育系統，把這件事像國防政策一樣嚴肅看待)

5. precede: 之前、先前 (v.)
Most of those leaders who preceded me were very successful

(大多在我之前的領導者都非常成功)