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例句：The criminals conspired to rob a bank.
      罪犯们密谋抢劫银行。

2.contaminate vt.把…弄脏, 污染

例句：They are contaminating the minds of our young people with these subversive ideas.
      他们这些颠覆作乱的思想是对我们年轻人的精神污染。

3.tournament n.锦标赛; 联赛

例句：He was the best boxer in the tournament.
      他是本届联赛的最佳拳手。

4.venue n.聚集地点;会场;(尤指)体育比赛场所

例句：The Grand Hotel, venue of this week’s talks, is packed out.
      作为本周会谈场址的格兰德大饭店已经客满。

5.squash vt.将(某人[某物])压扁, 压烂, 挤碎

例句：I sat on my hat and squashed it.
      我坐在自己的帽子上, 把它给压扁了。

挤进

例句：I squashed a few more clothes into my case.
      我往箱里多塞了几件衣服。

6.oblige vt.vi.迫使做; 使负义务

例句：We'd be happy to oblige.
      我们乐于效劳。

      Poverty obliged her to live a hard life.
      贫困迫使她过艰苦的生活。

7.narrowly adv.勉强地

例句：He narrowly escaped being drowned.
      他险些被淹死。

      He narrowly missed being run over by a car.
      他差点儿被汽车压死。

8.hurdle n.障碍； 困难；难关

例句：In starting a new company, many hurdles must be crossed.
      刚开办一个公司时, 必须克服许多障碍。
 
9.flatten vt.vi.变平;使(某物)变平

例句：to flatten a rough surface
      把凹凸不平的表面弄平

      The storm flattened the flimsy wooden huts that the villagers lived in.
      风暴刮平了村民们居住的脆弱的木屋。

10.toss vt.vi.（轻轻或漫不经心地）扔，抛，掷

例句：Let's toss to see who pays it.
      让我们来掷钱币决定谁付账吧。