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词汇讲解:
1. falter n. 蹒跚,踉跄;摇晃; 动摇,犹豫;畏缩
例句:Our hopes will not falter in adversity.
我们的信心在逆境中也不会动摇。
2. pose vt. 造成,引起
例句:The increase in student numbers poses many problems for the schools.
学生人数增加给学校造成许多问题。
3. crunch n. 关键时刻;危机
例句:When it comes to the crunch they will support us.
到紧要关头他们会支持我们的。
4. fraud n. 欺诈, 欺骗行为
例句:I saw through the fraud.
我识破了那个骗局。
5. divert vt. 改变(资金、材料等)的用途; 使转移[向],使转向;使绕道;转移
例句:The cartoon diverted the children.
那部卡通片转移了孩子们的注意力。
6. incident n. 事件;事变
例句:The demonstration proceeded without incident.
游行示威进行时没有出事。
7. immediate adj. 立即的, 即刻的; 紧迫的
例句:About the problem, we must take immediate actions.
关于那个问题, 我们应该立即采取行动。
8. spill v. 溢出; 泼出
例句:The coffee is so full that it might spill over.
咖啡太满可能会溢出来。
9. deliberate adj. 故意的, 蓄意的
例句:He told us a deliberate lie.
他故意跟我们撒谎。
10. vacate vt. 空出;退出;腾出;撤离;取消
例句:Hotel guests are requested to vacate their rooms by twelve noon.
旅馆的房客按规定要在中午十二点之前退房。
11. inflict vt.把…强加给, 使承受, 遭受
例句:Mary inflicted her children on her mother for the weekend.
周末玛丽硬把孩子们交给母亲照料。
12. complicity n. 合谋, 串通
例句:She did not suspect him of complicity with the authorities.
她没怀疑他会与当局串通。