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例句：The personnel of this office has shrunk to skeleton size.
      这机关的人员已减少到最低限度。

2.acknowledge v.承认;感激,答谢

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

3.inhabit v.居住于,占据,栖息

例句：Many forms of aquatic life inhabit ponds.
      有很多种水生动植物均栖居于池塘。

4.preliminary a.初步的,开始的,预备的

例句：We have include some of the preliminary findings.
      我们的报告包括了一些初步调查结果。
 
5.rival v.竞争,对抗

例句：The stores rival each other in beautiful window displays.
      商店在美化橱窗陈列方面互比高低。

      Ships can't rival aircraft for speed.
      船的速度不能跟飞机比。

6.elimination n.除去,消除,消灭

例句：In competitions there is inevitably elimination.
      竞争不免要有淘汰。 

7.dismiss v. 轻视，忽略，驳回

例句：James will never dismiss the rejection from his mind.
      詹姆斯将永远不会忘记被拒绝。

8.overstep vt.踏过,逾越,超出…的限度

例句：go beyond one's terms of reference; overstep one's authority
      超越职权范围 

9.estranged adj.疏远的；不和的

例句：She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband.
      她允许她的儿子去看望她分居的丈夫。