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1.authorize vt.授权, 批准; 委托

例句:The government authorized an irrigation project.
      政府批准了一项灌溉工程。

2.impunity n.无罪,相安无事,不受惩罚

例句:You cannot do this with impunity.
      你不可能做这事而不受罚。

3.thrilling adj.令人兴奋的;毛骨悚然的

例句:This stadium has seen many thrilling football matches.
      这个体育场举行过许多场扣人心弦的足球比赛。

4.inflame vt.激怒,点火,使发炎

5.boycott vt.抵制; 拒绝参加

例句:They're boycotting the shop because the people there are on strike.
      他们抵制那家商店, 因为那里的店员在罢工。

6.rig v.用不正当手段)操纵, 垄断
 
例句:They complained that the election had been rigged.
      他们投诉这次选举被人操纵。
 
7.extraction n.取出,拔出;开采;提炼

例句:strategic industries such as the extraction of oil and natural gas
      石油和天然气开采等战略性产业

8.notably adv.显而易见地;明显地

例句:Many students were absent, notably the monitor.
      许多学生缺席,特别是连班长也没来。

9.confess vt.vi.承认, 供认(错误或罪行)
 
例句:The criminal soon confessed.
      罪犯很快就供认了。

10.lookout n.警戒, 注意

11.execute vt.将…处死,处决,处以极刑

例句:A month or two later they executed the king.
      一两个月以后他们处死了国王。