scale的新解释: 等级, 级别
However, he underestimates the scale of the problem.
然而,他低估了问题的严重性。
lateral 侧面的 later 之后的
contested controversial 有争议的
turn over
(If you turn something over to someone, you give it to them when they ask for it, because they have a right to it. 交; 移交)
I would have to turn the evidence over to the police.
我将不得不把证据交给警察。