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2011-12-30来源:BBC

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词汇讲解：

1. mourn vi.哀悼
例句：The couple mourned for their dead child.
这对夫妻哀悼死去的孩子。

2. vent vt. 泄露;发泄感情
例句：He vented his anger on his wife.
他向他的妻子发火。

3. raid vt. (警察等)对...突然查抄(或搜捕)
例句：The police raided the house and uncovered a cache of weapons.
警方突然搜查这幢房子,发现了秘藏的武器。

4. 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。

5. torture vt.拷问, 折磨
例句：They tortured the man to make him confess his crime.
他们拷打那个人, 使他招认他的罪行。

6. sadden v. (使某人)悲哀, 忧愁
例句：The bad news saddened me.
我得知这个消息后很难过。

7. remote adj. 远离的, 遥远的; 偏僻的
例句：At night I like to look at the remote stars in the clear sky.
晚上我喜欢观看晴朗的夜空中遥远的星星。

8. leak n. 泄漏
例句：The leak of information was officially inspired.
这一情报的泄漏是官方授意的。

9. chaos n. 混乱;杂乱的一团(或一堆等)
例句：There was chaos in the town after the hurricane had struck.
飓风过后,城里一片混乱。

10. mortify vt. 使感屈辱;使失面子;使羞愧
例句：The teacher was mortified by his own inability to answer such a simple question.
老师因自己回答不出如此简单的问题而感到羞愧。

11. threshold n. 门槛; 门口〈喻〉开始; 开端; 起点; 入门
例句：I'll never cross the threshold of your house again.
我再也不进你的家门了。

12. wield vt. 挥，操，使用（武器、工具等）
例句：He is wielding a knife.
他在挥舞着一把刀。