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BBC在线收听下载:伦敦科学家称发现人类易酗酒的基因

2012-12-04来源:BBC

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词汇讲解：

1. halt vt.使停止
例句：The truck jerked to a halt.
卡车猛地停了下来。

2. essential adj. 必要的
例句：Abstinence prior to battle is essential!
战前节欲戒酒是最基本的!

3. compound n. 场地；复合物；
例句：Incurring more debt will only compound the problem.
复方只会招致更多的债务问题.

4. ostensibly adv.表面上地
例句：It was ostensibly about baseball but was in fact about something else.
这表面上是写棒球，其实是在写别的东西。

5. announce vt. 宣布
例句：I was to announce a bride that night.
那晚我要宣布一位新娘.

6. admit vt.允许
例句：Daddy will not admit you again.
爸爸再也不会接纳你。

7. reconsider vt.重新考虑
例句：We are prepared to reconsider amending the contract.
我们可以重新考虑修改合同。

8. reject vt. 否决
例句：Justices reject diversity plans in two districts.
法官否决两个地区的多样化方案。