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例句：Supplies of food and medicine were rushed to the stricken city.
      食物和药品被迅速运往受灾的城市。

2.cautiously adv.小心地,谨慎地

例句：She walked cautiously up the drive towards the door.
      她小心翼翼地沿着车道向门口走去。

3.crucially adv.至关重要地;关键地

例句：The work of the intelligence services was crucially important to victory in the war.
      情报机构的工作对能否在这场战争中获得胜利至关重要。

4.enable vt.使能够; 提供做…的权利[措施]; 使有机会

例句：A majority vote enabled the passage of the resolution.
      多数人投赞成票使议案得以通过。

5.con vt.（尤指为钱财或使人为自己做某事而）欺骗，哄骗，诈骗

6.gigantic adj.巨大的, 庞大的

例句：He has a gigantic appetite and eats gigantic meals.
      他有很大的食量, 能吃很多的食物。

7.simmer vt.vi.炖;慢煮;充满势将爆发的(怒气等)

例句：The soup was left to simmer.
      汤放在火上慢慢煮。

8.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。

9.alternative n.取舍, 抉择, 可供选择的事物

例句：The only alternative to being taken prisoner was to die fighting.
      除了当俘虏之外, 惟一的选择就是奋战至死了。

选择的余地, 可供选择的机会

例句：I'm afraid I have no alternative but to report you to the police.
      恐怕除了向警方告发你以外, 我是别无选择了。

10.shipwreck n.海难, 船只失事

例句：The danger of shipwreck is much greater in dense fog.
      在浓雾中船只失事的危险要大得多。

11.murky a.黝暗的,阴沉的,笼罩的

12.consignment n.托付货物;托卖货物

例句：a consignment of goods
      一批托运的货物

      The salesman sorted his new consignment of stockings.
      推销员把新到的一批长袜清理分类。