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例句：He held his gun in readiness.
      他持枪待命。

       He answered all the questions with a readiness that startled everyone present.
       他敏捷地回答了所有问题,使在座的每个人为之震惊。

2.favour v.赞同

例句：He favours peace.
      他赞成和平。
 
3.repeal vt.撤销, 废除

例句：The Labour Party repealed the Act.
      工党废除了那项法令。

4.hazardous adj.冒险的,有危险的

例句：a dump containing hazardous waste
      含有有害废物的垃圾场

      Surface water made driving conditions hazardous.
      路面积水对行车安全构成隐患。

5.confide vt.vi.（向某人）吐露（隐私、秘密等）

例句：He confided to me that he had spent five years in prison.
      他私下向我透露, 他蹲过五年监狱。

6.substantially adv.本质上,实质上;大体上

例句：His account of what happened is substantially accurate.
      他对事情的叙述实质上是准确的。

相当多地,大大地

例句：The price may go up quite substantially.
      价格可能大大上扬。

7.confiscate vt.（尤指作为惩罚）没收，把…充公

例句：The teacher confiscated my radio because I was playing it in the classroom.
      我在教室里玩收音机, 因此老师把它没收了。

8.massacre n.大屠杀，残杀

例句：There was a terrible massacre of villagers here during the war.
       在战争中, 这里的村民惨遭屠杀。