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1.indicate vt. 表明，标示

Ballpark estimates indicate a price tag of $90 million a month.
大致的估计费用为每月9,000万美元。

2.malicious adj. 恶意的，有敌意的

That might merely have been malicious gossip.
那也许仅仅是些不怀好意的流言蜚语罢了。

3.convene vt. 召集；聚集

Does the UN convene every year?
联合国每年都召开大会吗?

4.provoke vt. 激起，挑起

His duty was to conciliate the people, not to provoke them.
他的职责是安抚那些人，而不是去激怒他们。

5.backlash n.激烈反应

He also warned of a possible anti-Western backlash.
他还警告有可能会出现对西方的强烈抵制。

6.unspeakable adj.无法形容的；坏不堪言的

She suffered unspeakable trouble while she considered all these questions.
她在考虑这一切问题时,心中有说不出的烦恼。