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BBC news 2010-05-01 加文本
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。