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2011-12-31来源:BBC

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词汇讲解：

1. eyewitness n.目击者
例句：The police questioned several eyewitness to the murder.
警察询问了谋杀案的几位目击者。

2. furious adj.狂怒的, 暴怒的；强烈的, 激烈的
例句：His wife was furious with him.
他妻子对他大发雷霆。

3. spread v. 传开;蔓延
例句：The fire spread from the factory to the warehouse nearby.
火从工厂蔓延到了附近的仓库。

4. generate vt. 造成,引起
例句：Investment generates higher incomes.
投资带来更高的收入。

5. proceed vi. 前进; 行进；进行; 继续下去
例句：They will proceed to build another laboratory building.
他们将着手建造另一座实验大楼。

6. mediate vi. 调停, 调解, 斡旋
例句：The state must mediate the struggle for water resources.
政府必须通过调解来解决对水资源的争夺。

7. vanish vi.消失, 突然不见；不复存在, 绝迹
例句：Many types of animal have now vanished from the earth.
许多动物物种现已从地球上绝迹。

8. disperse vt. （使）分散，散开；疏散；驱散
例句：The police dispersed the crowd.
警察驱散了群众。

9. equivalent adj. 相等的, 相当的
例句：There is no exactly equivalent French tense to the present perfect tense in English.
法语里没有和英语中的现在完成时完全对应的时态。

10. priority n. 优先考虑的事
例句：The development of the national economy is a top priority.
发展国民经济是应予以最优先考虑的事。

11. stem vt. 阻止；封堵；遏止
例句：You must stem the flow of blood from the wound.
你必须止住伤口流血。