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例句：The President intervened personally in the crisis.
       总统亲自出面处理这场危机。

2.deplorable adj.糟透的;可叹的;可悲的

例句：The matter in your essay is good but the style is deplorable.
      你文章的内容很好,但是体裁太糟糕了。

3.surrender vt.vi.投降

例句：In the end they were forced to surrender.
      最后他们被迫投降了。

      He voluntarily surrendered himself to the police.
      他主动向警方自首。

4.confidential adj.秘密的, 机密的
 
例句：Please lock up these confidential reports.
      请把这些机密报告锁起来。

5.rehabilitate v.使恢复原状; 修复

例句：There was no money to rehabilitate the tower.
      没有资金修复那座塔。

6.devolve v.交给下属(或下层、晚辈等)

例句：Upon his retirement, the business devolved on his son.
      他退休时, 生意由儿子接管。

      All the responsibility has devolved upon him.
      所有的责任都落到了他身上。

7.halve vt.把…分成两半;把…减半，对分

例句：to halve your income
      把收入分为两相等部分

8.expatriate n.侨民；放弃本国国籍的人，居住在国外的人

例句：The writer, an expatriate living in Singapore, has studied and worked in the US.
      作者曾在美国读书和工作，目前旅居新加坡。

9.repressive a.压抑的,抑制的,镇压的

例句：The government’s repressive policies are sowing the seeds of rebellion.
      政府的镇压政策正在播下叛乱的种子。

10.margin n.差数, 差额; 余地

例句：We allowed a margin of 20 minutes in catching the train.
      我们有20分钟的余地赶火车。