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例句：This matter must wait pending her return from London.
      这件事必须等到她从伦敦回来后再处理。

2.narrowly adv.勉强地

例句：He narrowly escaped being drowned.
      他险些被淹死。

      He narrowly missed being run over by a car.
      他差点儿被汽车压死。

3.reshuffle vt.对(某集体)作岗位或职责的调整,改组(某集团)

例句：He reshuffled the cabinet to firm his government.
      他重新改组内阁以巩固其政府。

      The prime minister reshuffled his Cabinet yesterday.
      昨天首相改组了内阁。

4.vulnerable adj.易受伤的, 脆弱的, 敏感的

例句：He volunteered to protect her as she looked so vulnerable.
      她看上去很脆弱, 他就主动去保护她。

5.prominence n.声望, 杰出, 卓越, 出名

例句：The lawyer reached a position of prominence in her profession at an early age.
      那律师在她年轻的时候就在业内赫赫有名了。

6.defamatory adj.诽谤的, 中伤的

例句：The reader said that the report was defamatory.
      这位读者说这篇报道带有诽谤性。

7.bypass vt.绕过,避开,不顾

例句：He bypassed his colleagues on the board and went ahead with the deal.
      他未征求董事会中同事的意见就做了这笔交易。