1-heir 继承者

2-rip the heart out of 破坏，严重毁坏

3-assassin 刺客

4-elusive 困难的

5-singular 卓越的，深远的

Kobe Bryant was the fair heir to Michael Jordan, a scoring assassin who can rip a defender's hear out of by way of devastating dunk, or an elusive fadeaway jump shot from the baseline, his singular work of art.

6-crave 渴望

7-break down 拆解

8-elevated 高尚的，强壮的

Bryant craved competition and broke down basketball like a scholar, his brain was as elevated as his body.

9-skip 不做（本来常做或应做的事）

10-thrive 蓬勃发展

Bryant skipped college to take over the NBA, but after one conversations with him, you just sensed he would have thrived in the classroom, the boardroom or any path he chose.

11-cruddly 可爱的，令人想拥抱的

12-ruthless 残忍的

Never cruddly, he could be ruthless to his underperforming teammates.

13-knock 挑剔，无端指责

Critics called him selfish, and knocked him for not passing the ball.

14-vallainy 恶行

15-Mamba Mentality 曼巴精神

He embraced his vallainy, real or supposed, creating a pop philosophy he called Mamba Mentality.

16-take on 承担责任，接受工作

It was an approach to life that required extreme focus, discipline and enthusiasm for taking on all comers.

17-dicipher 弄清楚，破译

18-parlor game 室内游戏

Deciphering Bryant's post-NBA plans became a parlor game for Kobe-watchers.

19-mogul 大人物，大亨

Go Hollywood mogul?