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BBC news 2010-08-16 加文本
例句:out beyond the sprawling suburbs
杂乱无序的郊区外
2.submerge vt.vi.(使)潜入水中, 淹没
例句:The submarine can submerge very quickly.
潜艇能非常迅速地潜入水中。
The river overflowed and submerged the farmland.
河水泛滥, 淹没了农田。
3.reserve vt.保留[储备]某物
例句:We'll reserve the ticket for you till tomorrow noon.
票为您保留到明天中午。
具有或保持(某种权利)
例句:The management reserves the right to refuse admission.
资方有权拒绝接纳。
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.drawdown n.(抽水后)水位降低,水位降低量
6.demolish vt.摧毁; 推翻; 拆毁(尤指大建筑物)
例句:Terry Street was demolished a few years ago.
泰瑞街已在数年前拆掉。
7.prompt vt.促使, 推动, 引起
例句:The sight of the ships prompted thoughts of his distant home.
看到船使他想起遥远的家乡。
8.annex vt.并吞, 兼并, 霸占(领土、小国等)
例句:Britain annexed this small island in 1955.
英国于1955年吞并了这个小岛。
9.precursor n.先驱,先锋,前身;先行者;先兆,前兆
例句:Error is often the precursor of what is correct,but conceit is the prelude to a fall.
错误往往是正确的先导,骄傲是跌跤的前奏。
10.dismantle vt.拆开, 拆卸
例句:This toy machine gun dismantles easily.
这种玩具机关枪很容易拆卸。
11.drown vt.vi.(使)淹没, (使)溺死
例句:How many men drowned when the boat capsized?
船翻时有多少人淹死了?
12.sabotage n.(为防止敌方利用或为表示抗议而进行的)阴谋破坏,蓄意破坏
例句:The fire at the factory was caused by sabotage.
那家工厂的火灾是有人蓄意破坏引起的。
13.hoax n.恶作剧;戏弄
例句:They were the victims of a cruel hoax.
他们是一个残忍恶作剧的受害者。