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n.安静，寂静

例句：Hand in hand they sat in silence for thirty seconds.
       他们手拉着手，默默地坐了三十秒。

v.使安静

例句：In order to make an announcement,he silenced the noisy students.
      为了宣布一项通知，他让这些吵闹的学生安静下来。

2.surrender

n.投降

例句：The enemy finally issued a document of surrender, after fighting for three days and three nights.
      经过我军三天三夜的苦战，敌人终于抵挡不住了，送来了降表。

v.投降，放弃

例句：The enemy surrounded the town trying to force them to surrender.
      敌人围困了这个城，想逼他们投降。

3.mediator n.调解人, 斡旋者, 调停团

例句：Mother acts as a mediator when John and Jim quarrel.
       当约翰和吉姆争吵时，母亲充当调解人。

4.erupt v.喷发，爆发，涌现

例句：Bastille Day celebrations erupt in every French city,town,and hamlet9,and among French expatriates10 as well.
      每一个法国的城市、小镇和村庄都庆祝攻占巴士底狱节，旅居海外的法国侨民也不例外。

5.contradict vt.反驳； 反对； 否认；...矛盾， 与...抵触， 与...相反

例句：Your actions contradict your declared moral principles.
      你的行为违背了你宣称的道德准则。

6.abortion n.堕胎

例句：Abortion is still illegal in some countries.
      堕胎在一些国家还是不合法的。

7.irreconcilable adj.不能和解的；不调和的

例句：Our hatred for each other is absolutely irreconcilable. You and I are at daggers drawn.
      我们的仇恨不共戴天，我与你势不两立。

8.render v.提供，使某物一钱不值

例句：Whoever finds a cure for cancer will render a great service to mankind.
      谁要是能够找到治疗癌症的方法，那真是功德无量。

9.recipient n. 领受者, 容纳者，接受者

例句：Because the card was lost, the deliveryman did not know who was the intended recipient of the flowers.
      卡片不见了，送花人不知道应该把花给谁。

10.confrontational adj.对抗的

11.dismiss v.解雇，驳回，不考虑

例句：We had to dismiss some of the staff because higher authorities are constantly demanding streamlining.
      由于上级不断施压要求精简人员，我们只能把一部分员工辞退。