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例句：This land yields well.
      这块土地产量高。

      His business yields big profits.
      他的企业获利大。

2.negatively adv.否定地;消极地;取消地

例句：Housework is negatively valued as a retreat from a disliked alternative— employment work.
      家务劳动给消极地看作是逃避不喜欢的另一种选择——受雇工作。

3.dismiss v.自心中摒除, 不再考虑或谈论

例句：He dismissed the story as a rumour.
      他把这个消息当做谣言而不予考虑。

      He dismissed the idea as impossible.
      他认为那个主意不可能而断然拒绝。

4.toss vt.vi.（轻轻或漫不经心地）扔，抛，掷

例句：Let's toss to see who pays it.
      让我们来掷钱币决定谁付账吧。

      He was tossing the ball.
      他正在投球。

5.privileged adj.享有特权的

例句：Only the privileged few could afford to send their children to private schools.
      只有少数享有特权的人才能负担得起送孩子去私立学校就读。

6.dissident n.持异议者, 公开大唱反调者;持不同政见者,反对派

例句：That was the dissident movement in Poland.
      那是波兰的持不同政见者的运动。

7.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。

8.sanctuary n.庇护所

例句：The fleeing rebels found a sanctuary in the nearby church.
      正在逃窜的反叛分子在附近的教堂里避难。

9.unsustainable adj.不能证实的;不能成立的,不能支持的

10.conspire vi.密谋, 搞阴谋

例句：The criminals conspired to rob a bank.
      罪犯们密谋抢劫银行。

11.advocate vt.提倡, 主张

例句：I don't advocate doing such things.
      我不主张干这样的事情。

12.indictment n.控告;起诉

例句：She was convicted on an indictment for conspiracy.
      她被控以共谋罪，罪名成立。

      They issued an indictment against them.
      他们起诉了他们。