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例句：The President's car was flanked by motor-cycle outriders.
      总统的汽车由摩托车警卫护行。

2.acknowledge v.承认;感激,答谢

例句：We acknowledge his right to vote.
      我们承认他有选举权。

      We hope you can acknowledge your mistake in public.
      希望你当众认错。

3.speculation n.沉思,推测,投机

例句：What you say is pure speculation.
      你说的纯粹是推测而已。

      He was dropped from the team amid speculation that he was seriously ill.
      在一片以为他得了重病的猜测中，他被队里除名了。

4.imminent a.即将来临的,逼近的

例句：The ship was in imminent peril of being wrecked.
      这艘船有立即被毁坏的危险。

      Hasty study for an imminent examination.
      仓促准备为应付即将到来的考试所作的仓促准备。

5.promote vt.促进;提升;发起,创立;宣传,推销

例句：We want to promote literacy on a mass scale.
      我们要大规模地提高文化水平。

6.hostility n.敌意,敌对,反对

例句：His suggestion met with some hostility.
      他的建议遭到某种程度的反对。

7.pragmatic a.忙碌的,活跃的,实际的,国事的,实用主义的

例句：We need to adopt a more pragmatic approach.
      我们需要采用一种更为实际的方法。

8.grant v.给予,提供;许可,答应,承认,姑且承认,假定

例句：The King of England granted a charter to the colonists.
      英国国王给殖民者以特权。

9.coincide v.巧合,重合,一致,符合

例句：The working hours of the two friends coincide.
      这两个朋友的工作时间相同。