词汇降解:
1. rival adj. 竞争的;敌对的;对抗的例句:Disagreements split the party into rival factions.
意见分歧使该党分裂为对立的几派。
2. reinforcement n. 援军,增援部队(或装备); 增援例句:America wants its NATO allies to dispatch reinforcements, too.
美国希望北约盟国也派遣增援部队。
3. haphazard adj. 偶然的,随意的,任意的,无计划的例句:The town grew in a haphazard way.
这城镇无计划地随意发展。
4. cost-cut vt. 削减(企业、经营等)的成本(或费用)例句:The reason is that the stockpile may be cost-cut right out of existence.
原因在于储备马上就会被削减没了。
5. scrap vt. 废弃,废止,例句:He promised, too, to scrap some of the many rules that circumscribe daily life.
他还承诺要废除那许多限制日常生活的规章制度。
6. farce n. 笑剧,闹剧, 虚假之举例句:His show of grief was a farce.
他竟然显出一副悲伤的“样子”简直滑稽。
7. contaminate vt. 污染, 传染, 使受放射性污染例句:For many sites the most serious risk is that toxic chemicals will enter groundwater and contaminate public drinking supplies.
对于大多数处理场地来说,最严重的危害是,有毒化学药品将会渗透到地下水,并污染公共用水。
8. absorbent adj. 能吸收(水、光、热等)的,有吸收能力的例句:This paper is absorbent of water.
这种纸能吸水。
9. dissipate v. 逐渐消散,驱散,分散;耗散例句:The fog dissipated when the sun rose.
当太阳升起时雾渐渐消散。
10. hamper vt. 抑制,限制;妨碍例句:An obsolete ideology can hamper an economy.
过时的意识形态会束缚经济。
11. stabilize v. 稳定;安定; 使…坚固;使…安定例句:That should help stabilise their stock prices.
这帮助股价保持稳定。
12. ntolerance n. 不能忍耐;不容忍;偏执例句:But of course there is also a long history of extreme intolerance and nastiness.
但是,当然,还有很长的一段历史,是极端不宽容,极端丑恶的。
13. bigotry n. 偏执,顽固,固执,盲从例句:Bigotry, intolerance and ignorance are still rife.
偏执,不容忍和熟视无睹仍然盛行。
14. obscure adj. 不引人注目的, 无名的,模糊的例句: The bus stopped at an obscure village.
汽车停在一个幽僻的村庄。
15. incumbent adj. 在职的;现任的例句:As expected, the incumbent president, Joseph Kabila, was far ahead of his rivals.
就像预期的那样,现任总统约瑟夫•卡比拉遥遥领先于他的竞争对手。
16. boycott vt. 联合抵制;拒绝参加
例句:The union called on its members to boycott the meeting.
工会号召其会员拒绝参加会议。
17. apathy n. 冷漠,无动于衷例句:She heard the story with apathy.
她无动于衷地听了这个“故事”。
18. halt v. 使停止前进;(计划等)中止;停止例句:The plan for armistice talks was halted.
和平谈判计划被迫中止。
19. petitioner n. 请愿人;诉愿人;(英)离婚案原告例句: The petitioner asks for a variation in her maintenance order .
上诉人要求对她生活费的命令的条件进行变更。
19. circumvent vt. (用计谋)包围;诱捕;使陷入圈套;绕行例句:The crook tried to circumvent the little girl.
那恶棍想要欺骗这个小女孩。
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