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BBC news 2010-07-20 加文本
例句:to halve your income
把收入分为两相等部分
The shares have more than halved in value since the summer high of 572p.
股价从夏天572 便士的高价已经下跌了一半以上。
2.routinely adv.常规地,惯常地
例句:Children have been routinely immunized against polio since 1958.
自从1958 年以来,儿童都按照常规接种防治小儿麻痹症的疫苗。
3.groundbreaking adj.开创性的,突破性的
4.decline v.缩小;衰弱;消失
例句:Her popularity declined after 1990's and be retired.
20世纪90年代之后她的名望下降并退休了。
5.scatter vt.vi.(使)散开, (使)分散; 驱散
例句:The birds scattered at the sound of the gun.
枪声一响, 群鸟受惊飞散。
The wind soon scattered the clouds.
风起云散。
6.reconciliatory a.和解的,调停的,调和的
7.lobby vt.vi.向…进行游说[疏通]
例句:They are actively lobbying against the bill.
他们正在积极游说议员, 阻止通过该项法案。
8.seepage n.渗流,渗出的量
9.indict vt.控告, 起诉
例句:If the grand jury indicts the suspect, he will go to trial.
如果大陪审团指控嫌疑犯, 他就得上法庭。
10.secularism n.宗教与教育分离论;政教分离论
例句:a policy of strict secularism in government
在政府内实行严格的政教分离政策
11.comeback n.恢复;复原;还嘴;退货
例句:He made a witty comeback to the insult.
他对别人的侮辱给予一个机智的反驳。
12.relinquish vt.交出, 让给
例句:She has relinquished the post to her cousin, Sir Edward.
她把职位让给了表弟爱德华爵士。
(尤指不情愿地)放弃
例句:They will never voluntarily relinquish their independence.
他们绝对不会自动放弃独立。