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例句：The bad weather accelerated our departure.
       天气不好促使我们提前启程。

2.drifting adj.漂浮的

3.strand vt.使滞留,使搁浅

例句：The convoy was stranded in the desert.
      使团在沙漠中陷入了困境。

4.highlight vt.强调, 突出, 使显著

例句：The President highlights the importance of his visit to China.
      总统强调访问中国的重要性。

5.cease vt.vi.停止, 终止, 结束

例句：The storm has ceased.
      暴风雨停了。

6.reliable adj.可靠的, 可信赖的

例句：The manager thought he was a reliable person and told him all about the new plan.
      经理认为他是一个可靠的人, 并把关于新计划的全部内容都告诉了他。

7.consistently ad.一致地;坚实地

例句：He has consistently denied murdering his estranged wife.
      他自始至终否认谋杀了分居的妻子。

8.penance n.(赎罪的)苦行,苦修

例句：She knelt at her mother’s feet in penance.
      她忏悔地跪在母亲脚下。

9.casualty n.严重事故,伤亡,受害者

例句：She read through the casualty list anxiously.
      她忧虑地把伤亡人员名单从头到尾看了一遍。

10.facilitate vt.帮助,使容易,促进

例句：Tractors and other agricultural machines greatly facilitate farming.
      拖拉机及其它农业机械大大方便了农业耕作。

11.successor n.继承者,接任者

例句：When will they name a successor?
      他们什么时候会任命继承人?

12.summon vt.召唤,召集,号召,振奋,唤起,鼓起

例句：The general summoned all his officers.
      将军把所有的军官召集在一起。
 
13.comply vi.遵从, 依从, 服从

例句：She was told to pay the fine, but refused to comply.
      她被通知交纳罚款, 但她拒不服从。