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例句：Both sides in the conflict have agreed temporarily to suspend hostilities.
      冲突双方同意暂时停火。

2.dismiss vt.解雇; 撤职; 开除

例句：The new governor dismissed the staff that served his predecessor.
      新州长将前任州长的职员全部解雇。

3.reverse v.推翻, 取消

例句：The appeal court reversed the original verdict and set the prisoner free.
      上诉法庭撤销了原判, 把那个犯人释放了。

使倒退, 逆转

例句：The car reversed out.
      汽车倒退出去。

      After the war the government reversed its foreign policy.
      政府在战后彻底改变了它的外交政策。

4.prominence n.声望, 杰出, 卓越, 出名

例句：The lawyer reached a position of prominence in her profession at an early age.
      那律师在她年轻的时候就在业内赫赫有名了。

5.explicitly adv.明白地

6.erect vt.使直立; 竖起

例句：They erected a telephone pole.
      他们竖起一根电话线杆子。

〈正〉建立

例句：I don't want to see a system like that will be erected.
      我不希望看到那种制度被建立起来。

7.indigenous adj.土生土长的

例句：Kangaroos are indigenous to Australia.
      袋鼠为澳大利亚本地的动物。

8.lynch vt.以私刑处死(被认为有罪的人)

例句：At one point he was in danger of being lynched.
      他一度险些被人以私刑杀害。

9.extortion n.勒索,敲诈,强取

例句：He was known for running a brutal extortion racket.
      他因干过一起残忍的敲诈勒索而出名。

      When my children say they will leave me in peace if I let them go to the pictures,it is little short of extortion.
      我的孩子们说,除非我让他们去看电影,否则不让我安宁,这和敲诈勒索没什么两样。

10.retrieve vt.寻回, 找回

例句：Yesterday I retrieved the bag I left in the train.
      昨天我取回了遗留在火车上的包。

11.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。
 
12.subsidize vt.给与补助金,给与奖助金,贿赂

例句：Many universities subsidize research and publications.
      许多大学资助研究和出版。