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BBC news 2009-12-22 加文本
例句:The dissident element on campus.
校园内的持不同意见者.
2.powerless a.无力的,无权的,无效能的
例句:Man is not powerless before nature.
人类对于自然界不是无能为力的。
3.outspoken a.直言无讳的,坦率的,坦白无隐的
例句:He has always liked this straightforward, outspoken youngster.
他喜欢这个小伙子,心直口快,有啥说啥。
4.stretch vt.伸展,张开,曲解
例句:They don't want to stretch the meeting out.
他们不想把会议延长。
5.brutal a.残忍的,野蛮的,不讲理的
例句:The brutal soldiers beat their prisoners ruthlessly.
残暴的士兵野蛮地抽打俘虏。
6.constitute vt.构成,组成,任命
例句:This disease constitutes a serious risk to life.
这种疾病对生命构成了严重的威胁。
7.spare v.幸免,饶恕
例句:We asked him to spare the women and children.
我们要求他不要伤害女人和孩子。
8.quash vt.撤消,镇定,镇压
例句:The applicant seek judicial review to quash the order.
申请人请示获得司法复审撤消命令。
9.dupe vt.欺骗,愚弄
例句:deceive one's superiors and dupe one's subordinates
欺上蒙下
10.prominence n.突起,突出,显著,突出物,凸出
例句:Though the group has fallen from prominence, its influence remains.
这个集团虽然垮台了,但余威尚存,正所谓“百足之虫,死而不僵”。