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例句：Every one in the courtroom was rocked by the verdict.
      法庭中每一个人都被那宣判所震惊。

      The jury returned a verdict of guilty.
      陪审团宣布裁决被告有罪。

2.symbolic a.象征性的,象征手法的,象征派的

例句：The Christian ceremony of baptism is a symbolic act.
       基督教的洗礼仪式是一种象征性的做法。

3.largely ad.大量地,很多地,大半地

例句：The treatment in these two books largely overlaps.
      两本书的内容颇多重复。

      The cinema has largely yielded to the home video.
      电影业在很大程度上已让位给家庭录像电影。

4.precondition n.前提, 先决条件

例句：This is a precondition for the continuity of the human race.
      生儿育女是人类得以延续的前提条件。

5.veiled a.面罩遮掩的;隐藏的

例句：The misleading report veiled the facts.
      错误的报导掩盖了事实真相。

6.explicit a.外在的,清楚的

例句：She was quite explicit about why she left.
      她对自己离去的原因直言不讳。

      It's an explicit statement.
      这句话说得很明确。

7.irredeemably ad. 无法补救地

例句：The genius of the whole system is that it is so cum bersome and complex that it has trouble accomplish ing anything  irredeemably stupid.
       整个系统的天才之处就在于它是如此繁琐复杂，要完成那些无可救药的愚蠢之事，它实在是有困难。

8.destine vt.注定,预定

例句：The ship is destined for Hangzhou.
      这艘船是去杭州的。

9.cede vt.放弃

例句：As a result of a series of European wars, Florida was ceded to England.
      一系列欧洲战事的结果是佛罗里达被割让给英国。

      A third of the territory was ceded to France.
      领土的三分之一割让给了法国。

10.implicate vt.牵涉，涉及（某人）

例句：The evidence clearly implicated him in the crime.
      证据清楚显示他与这件罪案有牵连。

      These groups are very strongly implicated in the violence.
      这些组织与这起暴力事件有着极大的关联。

11.ratification vt.含意,暗示,牵连

例句：The treaty is awaiting ratification.
      条约正等待批准。

       Opinion polls indicated a two-thirds majority in favour of ratification of the treaty.
       民意调查表明2/3 的多数票赞成批准这个条约。