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例句：The professor wrote a lengthy book on Napoleon.
       教授写了一部有关拿破仑的巨著。

2.culminate vt.vi.达到极点,（以某种结果）告终,（在某一点）结束

例句：Their marriage culminated their long friendship.
       他们交友多年, 有情人终成眷属。

      A romance extending over several years was culminated.
      一场数年之久的恋爱就此圆满告终。

3.brethren n.弟兄们,同胞

4.ailing a.生病的

例句：My wife is ailing.
      我的妻子病了。

5.escalate vt.vi.(使)逐步升级; (使)逐步扩大

例句：The government escalated the war by starting to bomb enemy cities.
       政府开始轰炸敌方的城市, 使战争进一步扩大。

6.intervention n.介入, 干涉, 干预

例句：The government's intervention in this dispute will not help.
      政府对这场争论的干预不会起作用。

7.renew vt.重新开始; 继续

例句：The trees renew their foliage every year.
      树木每年都重新长出叶子。

8.evict vt.(依法从房屋里或土地上)驱逐, 赶出

例句：If you don’t pay your rent you’ll be evicted.
      如果你不交房租, 就会被赶出去。

9.offensive adj.攻击的

例句：He took up offensive words.
      他发出攻击性的言论。