BBC news 2011-11-03 加文本

词汇讲解：

1. rack vt. 使痛苦, 使焦虑; 使痛苦不堪; 使受折磨; 绞尽脑汁
例句：The storm racked the town.
风暴在全城肆虐。

2. apparent adj. 显然的, 明白的, 清晰可见的；表面上的, 貌似(真实)的
例句：His guilt is apparent to all.
他的罪恶尽人皆知。

3. reservation n. 保留意见; 保留态度
例句：I have my reservations about his ability to do the job.
我对于他做该项工作的能力保留看法。

4. dismay vt.使惊愕, 使焦虑, 使气馁
例句：I was dismayed to learn that she had failed again.
得知她又一次失败, 我感到惊愕。

5. confront vt. 迎面遇到;面临;遭遇
例句：The difficulties that confront us seem insuperable.
我们面临的困难似乎是不可克服的。

6. commitment n. 承诺, 许诺, 保证
例句：He made a commitment to pay the rent on time.
他保证按时付房租。

7. inalienable adj. 不能转让的,不可分割的
例句：This is an inalienable duty.
这是一种责无旁贷的义务。

8. condemnation n. 谴责
例句：Cheating deserves our harshest condemnation.
作弊理应受到我们最严厉的谴责。

9. disrupt vt. 使混乱, 扰乱,使中断,打乱
例句：An accident has disrupted railway services into and out of the city.
一场事故使得进出该城市的铁路交通陷入混乱。

10. withhold vt.扣留, 保留; 拒绝给予；抑制(某事物); 制止
例句：Visas were withheld from some members of the delegation.
代表团的一些成员被拒发签证。