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BBC news 2012-01-03 加文本 讲解翻译
词汇讲解:
1. 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。
2. moderate vt. (使)减轻[缓和]; 节制
例句:He did what he could to moderate the grief of his friend.
他尽了一切力量来减轻他朋友的痛苦。
3. temper vt. 使适中;使软化;使温和;缓和,减轻
例句:He has tempered the strong drink with water.
他已经用水将烈酒冲淡。
4. displace vt. 移走;迫使(某人)离开家园
例句:The war has displaced thousands of people.
战争使成千上万的人背井离乡。
5. disperse v. (使)散开, 驱散
例句:The police dispersed the crowd.
警察驱散了群众。
6. subsidy n.补贴, 津贴, 补助金
例句:This industry depends for its survival on government subsidies.
这个行业靠政府津贴而得以维持。
7. advisory adj. 顾问的,提供咨询的
例句:I have worked in an advisory capacity with many hospitals.
我曾在多家医院做过顾问工作。
8. narrow adj. 勉强的; 险胜的;刚刚好的
例句:She won the champion by a narrow margin.
她以微弱优势赢得冠军。
9. surge vi. (人)蜂拥而至
例句:Every time a bus came, the crowd surged forward.
每一次有公共汽车驶来,人群就向前拥去。
10. assign vt. 指派, 选派
例句:The captain assigned two soldiers to guard the gate.
上尉派了两个士兵守大门。
11. smuggle vt.偷运, 私运, 走私
例句:Heroin has been smuggled out by sea.
海洛因已从海上偷运出境。