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例句：They responsed with assaults against the enemy's bases.
       他们向敌人阵地发起反攻。

2.authorize vt.授权, 批准; 委托

例句：The government authorized an irrigation project.
      政府批准了一项灌溉工程。

      We are authorized to receive contributions for the Red Cross.
      我们受托接受给红十字会的捐助。

3.expertise n.专门知识或技能

例句：We were amazed at his expertise on the ski slopes.
       他斜坡滑雪的技能使我们赞叹不已。
 
4.assume vt.假设, 臆断, 猜想

例句：We can't assume anything in this case.
      在这种情况下我们不可能做出假设。

5.outlaw vt.宣布…为不合法

例句：Most states have outlawed the use of marijuana.
      大多数州都宣布使用大麻为非法行为。

6.definitive adj.最后的；决定性的；不可更改的

例句：Her book is the definitive works on Milton.
      她的书是论述密尔顿的定论性著作。

7.engulf vt.吞没, 包住

例句：The little boat was engulfed by the waves.
      小船被波浪吞没了。

8.clemency n.仁慈,宽厚,仁厚

例句：They addressed to the governor a plea for clemency.
      他们向州长提出了宽刑的申辩书。

9.outbreak n.（暴力、疾病等坏事的）爆发，突然发生

例句：An outbreak of typhoid followed.
      继而爆发了伤寒。

      At the outbreak of the war he lived in London.
      战争爆发时他住在伦敦。

10.meagre adj.(在数量、质量、力量等方面)贫乏的,不足的

例句：The injured climbers had only meagre supplies of water and peanuts to live off.
      受伤的登山者只剩下少量的水和花生赖以生存。

11.terrifying adj.(在数量、质量、力量等方面)贫乏的,不足的

例句：The injured climbers had only meagre supplies of water and peanuts to live off.
      受伤的登山者只剩下少量的水和花生赖以生存。

12.overlook v.俯视,眺望

例句：We overlooked the sea.
      我们俯瞰大海。