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BBC在线收听下载:联合国安理会决定向南苏丹增派维和部队

2013-12-25来源:BBC
词汇讲解:

1. underscore vt.划线于…下,强调;
例句:Even questions on the national driving exam underscore the potential peril.
甚至国家驾照考试里也有题目对潜在危险予以特别强调。

2. exacerbate vt.使恶化; 使加重; 激怒;
例句:Climate change may well exacerbate these problems.
气候变化很可能使问题加剧。

3. unsanitary adj.不卫生的,有碍健康的;
例句:They are often kept locked up in unsanitary conditions until their brutal painful death.
它们常常被关在不卫生的地方,直到受尽野蛮的痛苦致死。

4. farcical adj.荒唐的,荒谬的,可笑的;
例句:And third, he should annul last year's farcical parliamentary elections.
第三,他应该宣布去年的国会选举闹剧无效。

5. retinue n.一批随员;
例句:To feed and reward his huge retinue, he took 30000 donkey-loads of grain from kabul and ghazni.
为了养活和奖励众多的随从,他从喀布尔和加兹尼运了30000头驴的谷物。