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例句：If you quote a passage from him, you should quote it in full, not leave out the beginning and the end.
       引用他这段话不能掐头去尾。

在新闻中引用某人的话时经常用的表达方式是quote sb as saying+内容。

2.flee v.逃避, 逃跑, 逃走

例句：Zoroastrian were forced to flee into the desert。
      琐罗亚斯德教教徒被迫逃入沙漠。

3.spark v.发动, 鼓舞, 使有朝气, 求婚

例句：The concept is untested and could spark an exodus of middle-class students from local public schools.
      这一理念尚未收到检验，并且有可能导致大批中产阶层的学生离开当地公立学校。

4.ruthless a.无情的, 残忍的, 毫不留情的, 彻底的

例句：The local government should exclude these despotic officials and ruthless bandits.
      当地政府必须尽快铲除腐恶。

5.assassination n.暗杀

例句：The assassination gave rise to a sudden change in the election.
      刺杀事件使得大选的形势发生了陡变。

6.detain v.扣留, 扣押, 耽搁

例句：You have no right to detain me, I have the right of personal freedom.
      你无权扣压我，我有人身自由的权利。

7.reaffirm vt.重申, 再确认

例句：Here, we would like to reaffirm our related position and policy. 
      在此，谨重申有关立场和政策。

8.uproot vt.连根拔起, 根除

例句：A bad habit once contracted takes a very long time to uproot.
      坏习惯一旦养成，需要很长的时间才能根除。

9.install vt.安装, 安置, 使就职

例句：There is a ceremony to install the new minister this afternoon.
       今天下午有新部长的就职仪式。

10.boost vt.推进, 提高, 宣扬, 促进

例句：The handbook is a good demonstration of how to boost the productivity of the plant.
      手册详尽地阐述了提高这个工厂生产力的方法。

11.bumpy a.颠簸的, 崎岖不平的

例句：This bumpy, meandering byway is difficult to negotiate.
      这条崎岖的羊肠小道非常难走。

12.decline

n.衰退, 跌落, 下降

例句：The overall economic decline furthered this company's bankruptcy.
       整体经济形式的下滑加速了这家公司的破产。

vi.下降, 衰落, 偏斜

例句：After middle age, his family fortunes began to decline.
      他自中年以后，家道开始陵夷了。

13.profound a.极深的, 深厚的, 深刻的, 渊博的

例句：Chemistry is a kind of intellectual work that needs profound knowledge of mathematics.
      化学是需要渊博的数学知识和智力思考的学科。