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2011-01-14来源:和谐英语

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1.escalate vt.vi.(使)逐步升级; (使)逐步扩大

例句：The government escalated the war by starting to bomb enemy cities.
政府开始轰炸敌方的城市, 使战争进一步扩大。

2.concession n.让步,承认,特许

3.flimsy adj.不结实的;易损坏的

例句：The storm flattened the flimsy wooden huts that the villagers lived in.
风暴刮平了村民们居住的脆弱的木屋。

4.mutate vt.使变异

5.undercover adj.暗中进行的;秘密做出的;私下的

例句：A federal judge upheld the undercover methods used in the case.
一位联邦法官主张在此案中使用秘密的方法。

6.culminate vt.vi.达到极点,（以某种结果）告终,（在某一点）结束

例句：Their marriage culminated their long friendship.
他们交友多年, 有情人终成眷属。

7.elicit vt.引出, 探出

例句：In one hour he had elicited the truth.
不到一个小时, 他就查明了真相。

8.reroute vt.变更旅程

9.distribute v.分销

10.slash v.削减

例句：Price slashed!
降价了！

The shop plans to slash fur prices after Spring Festival.
该店计划在春节之后把皮货降价。