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例句：This band is one of the most popular in China, even if has always been marked controversial by critics.
      尽管这支乐队备受评论家的争议，他们还是中国最受欢迎的乐队之一。

2.considerable a.相当的, 可观的, 重要的

例句：Poverty remains a considerable problem in many parts of the world.
     在世界很多地方，贫穷仍是一个亟待重视的问题。

区别：considerate a.体贴的, 体谅的, 考虑周到的

例句：He is a considerate and kind-hearted person, I am sure that he will help you.
      他是一个古道热肠的人，一定会帮你这个忙的。

3.exodus n.大批的离去

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.escalation n.扩大, 增加，升级

例句：For a time in the post-cold war period, regional conflicts were still frequent, even showing a trend of escalation. 
      冷战后的一个时期，地区冲突频仍,并呈上升趋势。

5.drastically ad.激烈地, 彻底地

例句：The political situation changed drastically, and he couldn't stay here any longer.
      政局发生激变，他在这里呆不下去了。

6.flimsy a.易坏的, 脆弱的, 浅薄的

例句：The evidence against him is rather flimsy.
      对他不利的证据不足凭信。

7.curfew n.晚钟, 打晚钟时刻, 宵禁

例句：The police imposed a curfew, as there was going to be a parade.
      由于这条街上要举行花街游行活动，所以公安部门下达了戒严令。

8.punishable a.该罚的, 可罚的

例句：Counterfeiting was still punishable with death at that epoch.
       铸私钱在那个时代是要受极刑的。

9.shuttle v.(使)穿梭移动, 往返运送

例句：The buses shuttle visitors to Disneyland.
      区间公共汽车将游客载至狄斯奈乐园。

10.watchword n.暗号, 口令, 标语, 口号

例句：Our watchword is:'Evolution, not revolution'.
      我们的囗号是："要循序渐进，不要剧烈变革。"

11.turnout n.聚集的人群, 出席者, 产量，结果

例句：The turnout was well above expectation and well above the turnout of the 1995 election.
       投票率远比预期为佳，也远比一九九五年选举的投票率为高。

12.hostile a.敌人的, 怀敌意的, 敌对的

例句：The team manager was hostile to our proposals.
      部门经理对我们的建议持反对意见。

13.prosper v.繁荣, 兴隆, 成功

例句：China at the end of the 19th century was deteriorating, but it was beginning to prosper at the end of the 20th century.
      19世纪末的中国已经日益腐朽，20世纪末的中国开始渐渐繁荣。