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BBC news 2010-05-18 加文本
例句:He managed to avert suspicion.
他设法避嫌。
2.acknowledge vt.承认, 供认
例句:He grudgingly acknowledged having made a mistake.
他勉强承认他做错了。
I acknowledged him as an authority.
我视他为专家。
3.compromise vi.折中解决
例句:They compromised by going to the cinema.
他们采取折中的办法去看电影。
妥协;退让
例句:I am prepared to make some concession on minor details, but I cannot compromise on fundamentals.
在一些细节上我可以作些让步,但在基本原则上我是不会妥协的。
4.fragment vt.(使)碎裂,破裂,分裂
5.counter vt.vi.对抗, 反驳
例句:Our theory countered his.
我们的理论和他的相反。
She countered that her advice had not been heeded.
她反驳说她的建议未被重视。
6.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。
7.quadruple vt.vi.(使)成四倍
例句:Prices quadrupled in ten years.
十年内价格增至原来的四倍。
8.discrepancy n.差异, 不符合(之处); 不一致(之处)
例句:The discrepancy in their ages seemed not to matter.
他们之间年龄的差异似乎没有多大关系。