词汇讲解:
1. witness n. 目击者; 证人
例句:She was a witness of the incident.
她是事件的目击者。
2. raid vt. 对...突然查抄(或搜捕)
例句:The police raided the house and uncovered a cache of weapons.
警方突然搜查这幢房子,发现了秘藏的武器。
3. launch vt. 发动(战争等);开展(斗争等);发出(命令等);提出(抗议等)
例句:The miners launched a strike.
矿工发动了一场罢工。
4. sanction vt. 批准; 认可
例句:Our plan wasn't sanctioned by the board of directors.
我们的计划没有得到董事会的批准。
5. chorus n. 合唱, 合唱队, 歌咏队
例句:Never before have I heard this song sung in chorus.
我从来没有听过这首歌的合唱。
6. violation n. 违反, 冒犯, 侵害
例句:Leaving a car in a no-parking area is one of the commonest traffic violations.
把车停在禁停区是常见的违反交通规则行为之一。
7. unidentified adj. 不能辨认的;无法识别的;身份不明的
例句:The Institute says that an unidentified virus is to blame for the syndrome.
该研究所表示,引起这种综合症的是一种尚未确认的病毒。
8. dismiss vt. 自心中摒除, 不再考虑或谈论
例句:He dismissed the story as a rumour.
他把这个消息当做谣言而不予考虑。
9. unthinkable adj. 不能考虑的, 不能接受的, 不可想像的, 难以置信的
例句:It is quite unthinkable that a child like him can speak a foreign language so fluently.
像他这样的孩子居然能流利地说一种外语, 真是令人难以置信。
10. miracle n. 奇迹
例句:The doctors said that his recovery was a miracle.
医生们说他的复原是件奇事。
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