BBC news 2009-07-15 加文本

例句：The revenue of a country must exceed the expenditures to have a functioning economy.
       一个国家只有收入大于支出才能保证经济平稳运行。

2.consistently ad.坚固, 坚实, 一致, 始终如一, 连贯

例句：He has been acting consistently in bad faith and the time when he keeps his promise will never come.
      他一贯不讲信用，要想让他履行诺言就得等到牛年马月了！

3.cataclysmic a.洪水的, 灾变的, 政治和社会大变动的

例句：One can raedily trace the disappearance of dinosaurs to a major cataclysmic event.
      人们很容易把恐龙消失的原因归结为重大的灾难性事件。

4.govern v.统治, 支配, 管理

例句：He devoted himself to writing out a long-term policy to govern the country.
      他费尽心血，写成了数十万字的治国长策。

5.grant v.允许, 承认, 授与

例句：Please grant our request.
      请答应我们这项请求。

6.abduct v.诱拐, 绑架, 使外展

例句：The robber abduct the heiress and hold her to ransom.
      强盗劫持了女继承人并向她索取赎金。

7.heir n.继承人, 嗣子, 后嗣

例句：She is the sole heir of the Marriott fortune.
      她是万豪产业的唯一继承人。

8.seize v.抓住, 逮捕, 俘获, 没收, 扣押, 掌握

例句：The great thing in war is to seize your opportunities before they're gone.
      用兵贵在不失时机。

9.confiscate vt.没收, 把...充公, 查抄

例句：The police are making a concentrated effort to confiscate pirated books across city.
      警方对全市的盗版图书进行了一次集中查缴。

10.contraband n.违禁品, 走私

例句：People who smuggle contraband goods will be punished by the law.
      偷运违禁物品的行为，要受到法律的制裁。

11.emerge v.浮现, 形成, 出现, (事实)显露

例句：Bamboo shoots emerge after a shower.
      竹笋在阵雨后长出来。