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例句：Have you calculated the result?
      你算出结果来了吗?

      I calculated that the trip would take two days.
      我估计这段路程要走两天时间。

2.secure vt.握紧; 关牢

例句：Secure the prisoner so that he won't escape again.
      严密监禁那个囚犯以免他再逃掉。

使安全

例句：The regiment secured its position while awaiting the enemy attack.
      该团在等待敌人进攻之时, 加强了防御工事。

3.overwhelmingly adv.压倒地;无法抵抗地

例句：They voted overwhelmingly against the proposal.
      他们以压倒多数票否决了该提案。

4.reprimand vt.申斥, 训斥, 斥责, 惩戒, 谴责

例句：She was reprimanded for failing to do her duty.
      她因失职而遭到了训斥。

5.drastic adj.严厉的, 极端的, 极严重的,急剧的

例句：His dissertation is on the drastic social change brought about bu the French Revolution.
      他的学术论文是关于法国革命所带来的剧烈社会变动。

6.defect vi.变节, 叛变, 脱离, 背叛, 投敌

7.abstain v.弃权(不投票)

例句：In the referendum many people abstained.
      在这次公民投票中许多人弃权。

8.overturn vt.使垮台; 推翻；撤销（判决等）

例句：The rebels overturned the government.
      反叛者们推翻了政府。
 
9.legacy n.遗产, 遗赠物

10.testify vi.（尤指出庭）作证; 证明

例句：The fingerprint expert was asked to testify at the trial.
      指纹专家应邀出庭作证。

11.participant n.参加者, 参与者

例句：She is an active participant in this activity.
      她积极参与这项活动。