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1.contain v.控制, 抑制

例句:The little boy couldn't contain his urine any longer.
      这个小孩再也忍不住小便了。

      The cholera outbreak has been contained.
      霍乱的发生已被控制住了。

2.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。

3.mount v.准备;安排;组织开展

4.proximity n.接近, 附近

例句:Their house is in close proximity to ours.
      他们的房子很接近我们的。
 
5.incense vt.使发怒, 激怒,使大怒

例句:We were incensed by their bad behaviour.
      我们被他们的恶劣行为激怒了。

6.deadlock n.僵局

例句:The negotiations reached a deadlock after two hours.
      两小时后, 谈判陷入了僵局。

7.squeeze v.给…造成财务困难;使财政受限制

n.缺乏钱或时间等所引致的困难或困苦, 拮据, 短缺

例句:When the government is in a tight squeeze it usually tries to borrow money from abroad.
      每当政府陷入财政困难, 总是试图借贷外债。

8.inflict vt.把…强加给, 使承受, 遭受;打击;使吃苦头

例句:Mary inflicted her children on her mother for the weekend.
      周末玛丽硬把孩子们交给母亲照料。

9.embezzle vt.vi.贪污;盗用(公款)

例句:The clerk embezzled a thousand pounds from the bank where he worked.
      那个职员在他工作的银行里贪污了一千英镑。

10.substantially adv.相当多地,大大地

例句:The price may go up quite substantially.
      价格可能大大上扬。

11.supplement vt.增补, 补充

例句:They had to get a job to supplement the family income.
      他们不得不找一份工作以贴补家庭收入。

      She supplements her diet with eggs and fruit.
      她以鸡蛋和水果来补充饮食。