N-MASS 杀虫剂;杀虫药Insecticide is a chemical substance that is used to kill insects.

Spray the plants with insecticide.

给植物喷洒杀虫剂。

N-COUNT 矛盾;不一致If you describe an aspect of a situation as a contradiction, you mean that it is completely different from other aspects, and so makes the situation confused or difficult to understand.

…the contradictions between her private life and the public persona…

她的私生活与公众形象之间的巨大反差

generally

普遍地，全体地

This group is not representative of the population at large.这个团体不是全体人民的代表。

to make something happen at a later time than originally planned or expected

（使）延迟，（使）延误；（使）延期

My plane was delayed by an hour.我乘坐的飞机延误了1个小时。

Heavy snow delayed the start of the game.大雪迫使比赛延迟开始。

[ + -ing verb ] I think we should delay deciding about this until next year.我认为我们应该等到明年再决定这件事。