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BBC news 2009-12-03 加文本
例句:He was grilled for two hours before the police let him go.
他被严厉盘查了两个小时后, 警察才放他走。
2.convince vt.使相信; 使明白,使确信,使信服
例句:Compulsion will never result in convincing them.
强迫永远不会使他们信服。
3.reject vt.拒绝, 驳回
例句:He was afraid she would reject him because he was a foreigner.
他担心她会因他不是本国人而拒绝他。
4.vacuum n.空间; 空虚; 空白
例句:His resignation has left a power vacuum at the head of the party.
他的辞职使得该党的领导位置出现了权力真空。
His wife's death left a vacuum in his life.
他妻子的去世使他的生活变得空虚。
5.flout vt.嘲笑,愚弄
例句:No one can flout the rules and get away with it.
谁也不能违反这些规则而不被处分。
6.prominent a.卓越的,显著的,突出的,突起的,凸出的
例句:He is a prominent physician.
他是位著名的医生。
7.render v.使; 致使
例句:You have rendered a great service to the country.
你为国家做了一件大事。
The shock of the discovery rendered him speechless.
这一发现使他吃惊得一句话也说不出来。
8.abrupt a.突然的,唐突的,陡峭的,不连贯的,无礼的
例句:I don't know the cause of his abrupt leave.
我不知道他突然离去的原因。
There were abrupt weather changes.
天有不测风云。
9.dismay vt.使惊愕,使气馁
例句:The thought that she might fail the history test dismayed her.
想到历史可能考不及格时, 她很沮丧。
10.blockade n.封锁
例句:a blockade around the city
围绕这个城市的封锁