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例句：The personnel are not happy to change these rules.
      全体工作人员对改变这些规定很不高兴。

2.halve vt.把…分成两半;把…减半

例句：to halve your income
      把收入分为两相等部分

      The shares have more than halved in value since the summer high of 572p.
      股价从夏天572 便士的高价已经下跌了一半以上。

3.withdrawal n.收回, 取回, 撤回; 撤退, 撤走

例句：He has made several withdrawals from his bank account.
      他从银行账户上提了几次款。

4.graphic adj.形象的, 生动的

例句：The book gave a graphic description of the war.
      这本书生动地描述了战争的情况。

5.strew v.撒满，到处是(某物)

例句：The floor was strewn with clothes.
      满地都是衣服。

6.narrowly ad.勉强地;偏狭地;严密地

例句：He narrowly missed being run over by a car.
       他差点儿被汽车压死。

7.endorse v.赞同,认可,支持(意见,活动,某人等)

例句：No one is foolish enough to endorse it.
      没有哪个人会傻得赞成它。

8.tackle vt.解决; 应付

例句：I don't know how to tackle this problem.
      我不知道该如何处理这个问题。

9.commit vt.犯罪; 犯错

例句：He has committed a serious fault.
      他犯了严重错误。

10.definitively adv.决定性地,最后地

11.discount vt.不考虑; 不全信; 认为…不重要; 对…不全信; 低估

例句：They have discounted the rumours.
      他们不信那些谣传。

12.demise n.死亡；逝世；一命呜呼；终止；失败；倒闭

例句：He praised the union’s aims but predicted its early demise.
      他赞扬协会的目标，但预期这一协会很快会消亡。