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短语讲解：

1. She took on that cosy, clubby male-dominated consensus and she won.

take on 承担；呈现
例句：You can not take on the whole task individually.
你个人不能承担全部的任务。

2. But Lady Thatcher’s radical policies divided Britain and more than 20 years later have polarised views of her legacy.

more than 多于
例句：We have more than a car!
我们可不止有辆车！

3. A lot of people hated the woman, hated what she stood for, hated what she did to us.

a lot of 许多的；诸多
例句：I subscribed to a lot of periodicals last year.
去年我订了诸多期刊。

4. I think she was a role model because she came at a time when women participation and women leadership was in scarce supply.

at a time 依次， 逐一， 每次
例句：Do one thing at a time.
一次只专注于一件事情。

5. Last month Damascus asked the UN to investigate one alleged chemical weapons attack which it claimed was carried out by rebels.

carry out 执行；进行；完成；抬出去
例句：We must carry out it wholeheartedly indeed.
我们必须尽力把它贯彻到底。

6. Military officials in Pakistan say at least 30 soldiers and almost 100 militants have been killed in several days of fierce fighting in the Tirah Valley in north-western Pakistan.

at least 至少
例句：At least not here.
至少不来这儿了。

7. With a look at the economic aspects of her legacy, here’s Andrew Walker.

look at 看
例句：Look at our verse today.
看我们今天的章节。

8. The reduction in inflation arguably came at the cost of a period of high unemployment and critics say the liberalisation of finance sowed the seeds for the recent crisis.

at the cost of 以…为代价
例句：These people stopped bandits and terrorists at the cost of their lives.
这些牺牲的人以生命为代价阻止了匪徒和恐怖分子的险恶图谋。