BBC news 2011-09-01 加文本

词汇讲解：

1. surrender v. 投降
例句：In the end they were forced to surrender.
最后他们被迫投降了。

2. ultimatum n. 最后通牒
例句：He gave me an ultimatum: either Tom had to leave, or me.
他向我发出了最后通牒：不是汤姆离开, 就是我离开。

3. disarm v. 裁军; 缴...的械;解除...的武装
例句：The policeman disarmed the thief.
警察缴了窃贼的械。

4. empower vt.授权, 准许
例句：The new law empowered the police to search private house.
新法律给予警察搜查私人住宅的权利。

5. testimony n. (法庭上证人的)证词
例句：He was called in to bear testimony to what the police officer said.
他被传入为警官所说的话作证。

6. discredit vt. 使不相信, 使怀疑;败坏…的名声
例句：She discredited his good name with ugly gossip.
她散布恶毒的流言蜚语,坏败他的好名声。

7. expire vi. 期满, (期限)终止
例句：My lease will expire on September 30th of this year.
我的租约今年九月三十日到期。

8. draconian adj. 非常严厉的;非常严酷的
例句：There has been an overall growth in population, despite some draconian efforts to contain it.
尽管有严厉的遏制措施,人口还是在全面增长。

9. ban n. 禁止;禁令
例句：The police lifted the ban against parking in this street.
警察取消了不准在这条街上停车的禁令。

10. inject vt.注射, 注入
例句：The doctor has injected him under the skin.
医生已给他皮下注射了一针。

11. drape vt.将(衣物、帘等)悬挂, 披
例句：She draped a shawl over her shoulders.
她把一条披巾披在肩膀上。

12. impromptu adj. 事先无准备(的), 临时(的)
例句：I quite by chance got drawn into a kind of impromptu party downstairs.
我碰巧被拉去参加楼下那种临时组织起来的舞会。

13. aloof adv. 分开地;避开地;冷漠地
例句：She always stands aloof from those people.
她一直疏远那些人。