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例句：If you pass this test, we'll grant your request of skipping the second grade.
       如果你通过这次考试，我们就同意你的要求，让你跳过二年级。

2.wage v.开展, 进行

例句：wage guerrilla warfare in the mountains
      上山打游击  

3.ridge n.脊, 山脊, 山脉

例句：A vast stretch of corn is growing on the ridge.
      岗地上种着一望无际的玉米。 

4.eliminate vt.除去, 排除, 剔除, 消除

例句：Congress adopted the law to eliminate the spreading corruption in the government.
      国会通过了这项法案，旨在消除政府中日益猖獗的腐败现象。

5.populace n.平民, 大众, 人口

6.convict
vt.宣告有罪, 使知罪
n.囚犯, 罪犯

7.genocide n.种族灭绝, 灭绝整个种族的大屠杀

8.verdict n.裁决, 判决, 判断性意见, 定论, 结论

例句：The judge directed the jury to give their verdict.
      法官命令陪审团做出了裁决。

9.breakthrough n.突破【经】突破, 新发现, 新进展

例句：The "big-ball" sports in our country have made a breakthrough.
      我国的大球运动，有了新的突破。

10.reconciliation n.和解, 和好, 复交, 调解, 调停, 和谐

例句：The key to reconciliation rests with them.
       和解的关键在他们。

动词形式：reconcile v.调和，和解

例句：The case was brought to court as the two parties failed to reconcile with each other.
      纠纷双方和解无效，只能对簿公堂了。

11.upcoming a.即将来临的, 即将出现的

例句：We have made good preparation for the upcoming elections.
       我们对即将到来的选举作了充分准备。

12.undergo vt.遭受, 经历, 忍受

例句：This resolution shall undergo a ballot before its final version is determined.
      这份决议案还要通过投票才能最终定案。
 
13.indigenous a.本土的, 国产的, 固有的

例句：The average household income for Australia's Indigenous population is 60% of the non-Indigenous average.
      澳大利亚土著居民的平均家庭收入是非土著居民的60％。

相关词汇：native a.本国的，土生的

例句：The native flora of Australia is the most varied and diverse in the world.
      澳大利亚的本土植物品种是世界上为数最多也最为多样的。

14.extract vt.(费力地)取出, 采掘, 榨取, 摘录, 吸取

15.exterminate vt.扑灭, 消灭, 根绝