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词汇讲解:
1. assault n. 攻击, 猛袭, 突袭
例句:They responded with assaults against the enemy's bases.
他们向敌人阵地发起反攻。
2. makeshift n. 权宜之计, 临时代用的物品
例句:The accommodation for the press was makeshift at best.
迁就新闻界充其量只是个权宜之计。
3. due adj. 预定的, 预期的
例句:The boat is due to arrive at 12.
船预计在12点到。
4. ban vt. 取缔, 查封, 禁止
例句:The new military government has banned strikes and demonstrations.
新的军人政府禁止罢工和示威活动。
5. moderate n. 持温和观点者(尤指政见)
例句:He is a political moderate.
他是一个政治上的温和派。
6. suspend vt. 使暂时停职
例句:He be suspend on full pay while the police investigation be proceeding .
在警察调查期间他被暂时停止工作,工资照发。
7. unofficial adj. 非官方的,非正式的
例句:Royal conceded defeat shortly after unofficial results were released.
非官方结果公布后不久,罗雅尔承认失败。
8. spate n. 大量,许多
例句:Doctors have suffered a loss of prestige following a spate of scandals.
接二连三的丑闻使医生名誉扫地。
9. surge n. (数量的)急剧上升,激增;大量;一大批
例句:A surge of anger rushed over him
他勃然大怒。
10. reverse v. 扭转, 逆转
例句:They did nothing to reverse the country's brutal economic contraction.
这些改革未能扭转阿根廷的经济紧缩。
11. strategic adj. 战略(上)的,根据全局而安排的;战略性的
例句:The army moved for strategic reasons.
军队作了战略转移。
12. miraculous adj. 奇迹般的, 超自然的
例句:They won a miraculous victory over much stronger enemy.
他们战胜了远比自己强大的敌人, 赢得了非凡的胜利。
13. shareholder n. 股东
例句:Shareholders will be voting on the merger of the companies.
股东们将投票表决公司合并问题。