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BBC news 2011-10-29 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. warrant n. 授权令;逮捕证;搜查证
例句:The police must obtain a warrant from a judge in order to search a house.
警察必须从法官处取得搜查证才可搜查房子。
3. subscribe vi.订购, 预订;同意; 赞同
例句:I heartily subscribe to that sentiment.
我十分赞同那个观点。
4. demonstration n. 示威,示威运动
例句:We watched the demonstration from our windows.
我们从窗口看示威游行。
5. ceremonial adj. 礼仪的;仪式的
例句:The monarch’s role is purely ceremonial.
君主纯粹是个礼仪职位。
6. concede v. 承认
例句:I conceded that I had made a mistake.
我承认我犯了一个错误。
7. accomplice n.从犯, 帮凶, 同谋
例句:She was her husband's accomplice in murdering a rich old man.
她是她丈夫谋杀一个老富翁的帮凶。
8. confession n. 表白,承认;自首, 供认
例句:I’ve got a confession to make, I scraped your car when I was parking mine.
有件事我得向你讲出来, 我在停放汽车时把你的车子刮坏了。
9. cancel vt.取消, 废除;注销, 盖销;删去, 划掉
例句:We cancelled our appointment.
我们取消了约会。
10. undergo vt. 经历,经受(变化、不快的事等)
例句:He underwent a lot of hardships in his childhood.
他在童年时代经历了许多坎坷。
11. chart n. 唱片的每周流行榜
例句:That song has been in the charts for weeks.
那首歌已有好几周都上了流行榜。