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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。
2.subsequent adj.随后的, 继…之后的
例句:The story will be continued in subsequent issues of the magazine.
小说将继续在以后几期杂志上连载。
The day subsequent to your visit he died.
你探望后的第二天, 他便去世了。
3.dismiss v.轻视,忽略,驳回
例句:He dismissed the story as a rumour.
他把这个消息当做谣言而不予考虑。
4.absurd adj.荒谬的, 荒唐的,愚蠢的
例句:What an absurd suggestion!
多么荒唐的建议!
It was absurd of you to do such a thing.
你做那样的事是愚蠢的。
5.derail vt.使(火车)出轨;使脱轨
例句:The train derailed after it hit a tree.
火车撞树后出轨。
6.breach v.破坏, 违反,违背
例句:These commitments have already been breached.
这些承诺已遭背弃。
7.enable v.使能够; 提供做…的权利[措施]; 使有机会
例句:A majority vote enabled the passage of the resolution.
多数人投赞成票使议案得以通过。
8.escalate vt.vi.(使)逐步升级; (使)逐步扩大
例句:The government escalated the war by starting to bomb enemy cities.
政府开始轰炸敌方的城市, 使战争进一步扩大。
9.uNPRecedented adj.前所未有的;空前的;没有先例的
例句:The air crash caused an uNPRecedented number of deaths.
这次空难的死亡人数是空前的。