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2012-03-07来源:BBC

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词汇讲解：
1. swindle vt.诈骗;骗取钱财
例句：She swindled him out of his life savings.
她骗走了他一生的积蓄。

2. fraud n. 欺诈, 欺骗行为
例句：I saw through the fraud.
我识破了那个骗局。

3. defraud vt. 诈取, 骗取
例句：He defrauded his employers of thousands of dollars.
他诈取了他的雇主一大笔钱。

4. vie v. (为某事物)与…激烈竞争
例句：There’ll be a lot of people vying for those posts.
会有很多人争夺这些职位的。

5. chant vt. 反复有节奏地喊叫(或唱等)
例句：The crowd chanted slogans.
人群有节奏地反复呼喊着口号。

6. fuel vt. 激起; 增加; 加强; 刺激
例句：His provocative words only fueled the argument further.
他的挑衅性讲话只能使争论进一步激化。

7. charge vt. 控诉，控告，指控；指责
例句：They charged that the police had beaten three students to death.
他们指控警察将三名学生殴打致死。

8. lack vt. 缺乏, 缺少, 短缺, 不足
例句：They met with many difficulties, for they lacked equipment, experience and technical data.
因为缺少设备, 缺乏经验和技术资料, 他们遇到不少困难。

9. compelling adj. 引人入胜的;扣人心弦的
例句：She found his story so compelling that she had forgotten to drink wine.
他的故事使她听得入神,以至她忘记喝酒了。

10. sum n. 金额;总数, 总和
例句：The expenses came to an enormous sum.
开支总数巨大。