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词汇讲解:
1. plea n.请愿, 请求;借口, 托辞
例句:He was absent under the plea of illness.
他借口有病没有出席。
2. recess n. 工作或业务活动的)中止或暂停期间,休庭
例句:Parliament was hastily recalled from recess.
休会的议员被匆匆召回开会。
3. waive vt.宣布放弃, 宣布取消
例句:He has waived all claim to the money.
他放弃了索取这笔钱的权利。
4. plot n. (秘密)计划, 密谋
例句:The police exposed a criminal plot to assassinate the President.
警察破了一个行刺总统的阴谋。
5. overwhelming adj. 势不可挡的, 压倒一切的; 巨大的, 压倒性的;无法抗拒的
例句:The act was adopted by an overwhelming majority.
该法案以压倒多数通过。
6. facilitate vt. 使便利, 减轻…的困难
例句:Modern inventions facilitate housework.
现代的许多发明使家务简单多了。
7. taint vt. 败坏;玷污;损害(某人的)名誉
例句:His political reputation is tainted by the matter.
这件事玷污了他的政治声誉。
8. trivial adj. 琐细的;不重要的;无价值的
例句:Don't waste your time on these trivial things.
不要把你的时间浪费在这些琐事上。
9. harassment n. 烦恼;烦扰;骚扰
例句:She often got telephone harassment at night these days.
这些天她经常在夜晚受到电话骚扰。
10. bonus n. 奖金, 红利
例句:The staff got a Christmas bonus.
员工在圣诞节得到了奖金。
11. encounter vt. 遭遇(敌人);遇到(困难,危险等)
例句:I encountered great difficulties in learning English grammar.
我在学习英语语法时遇到了很大困难。