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例句：Mr Smith acted as counsel for the prosecution.
      史密斯先生担任原告的律师。

2.boycott v.拒绝购买,抵制,联合抵制

例句：They're boycotting the shop because the people there are on strike.
      他们抵制那家商店, 因为那里的店员在罢工。

3.commencement n.开始,着手;毕业典礼,授奖典礼

例句：Would passengers please put out cigarettes before the commencement of the flight.
      请乘客在飞机起飞前熄灭香烟。

4.proceed vi.进行;继续进行,继续下去;开始,着手,出发;发出,出于

例句：Preparations proceeded night and day.
      准备工作在日夜进行。

      Events were proceeding at a gallop.
      事情正在迅速进行之中。

5.unequivocally ad.【书】毫不含糊地;明确地

例句：She stated her intentions unequivocally.
      她明白地说出了她的意图。

6.stranded adj.处于困境的

例句：a stranded ship
      搁浅的船

      be stranded in London without any money
      在伦敦无依无靠，身无分文

7.arrangement n.安排,准备;整理,排列,布置

例句：There is no excuse for changing the holiday arrangement.
      没有理由改变放假安排。

8.extinction n.灭绝,绝种,消灭,熄灭

例句：This species was doomed to extinction.
      这一种类注定要灭绝。

9.conservation n.保存,保护;守恒,不灭

例句：That's what people call water and soil conservation.
      这就是人们所说的水土保持。

10.population n.人口,人口数

例句：The black population is defying curfew and repression.
      黑人居民正在反抗戒严和镇压。

11.decline vi.下降,衰落,偏斜

例句：His supporters fell away as his popularity declined.
      在他声望下降时许多支持他的人都疏远了他。

12.prestigious a.享有声望的,声望很高的

例句：She fancied herself as an prestigious dancer.
      她自命为著名舞蹈家。