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例句：A conference held by the UN lightened the tense situation here.
      联合国召开的会议缓和了这一地区的紧张局势。
 
2.enforce vt.强迫, 执行, 坚持

例句：We must strictly enforce the factory rules and allow no one to use public office for private gain.
一定要严肃厂纪，不能假公济私。

本文中出现的是enforcer n.实施者, 强制者

3.uNPRecedented adj.空前的

例句：In an uNPRecedented move, he bought his wife a bouquet of roses.
      他破天荒地给妻子买了一束玫瑰。

4.collision n. 碰撞, 冲突, 抵触

例句：After the collision, the body of the ship had a big gash.
      船被撞后，船身裂开了一个大口子。

5.crush v. 压破, 征服, 塞, 弄皱, 榨出

例句：His grasp was tight enough to crush rocks.
      他的手握得紧紧的，足以把石头弄碎。

6.underneath prep. 在...的下面

例句：The boat passed underneath the bridge.
      轮船从桥下经过。 

7.sponsor vt. 发起, 赞助, 倡议
 
例句：My parents offered to sponsor a child that was unable to go to school.
      爸妈出钱资助了一名失学儿童。
 
8.emerge vi.出现, 显现, 浮现, 暴露

例句：It's hard to tell who will emerge victor.
      不知鹿死谁手。

如雨后春笋般emerge one after another

9.impartial a. 公平的, 不偏不倚的

例句：A leader should not be sentimental but impersonal and impartial.
      领导者不能感情用事，而应客观公正。

10.decent a. 有分寸的, 得体的, 大方的，正直的

例句：Decent journalists should take thetrouble to check their facts.
      责任心强的新闻工作者应该不厌其烦地核实报道内容。

形近字descend vi.下降, 世代相传, 屈尊, 袭击

例句：Our prejudice descend from the female branch.
      我们的偏见是从母方流传下来的。

11.plead v.为...辩护, 提出...借口, 托称, 恳求

例句：Confronted with ironclad evidence the scoundrel had to plead guilty.
       铁证如山，那个坏家伙不得不低头认罪。

12.testify v. 证明, 作证, 声明, 表明

例句：Whether the witness appears to testify is of great influence to the trial.
       证人是否出咶作证对于案件的审理有很大影响。