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词汇讲解:
1. intersection n.横断,横切; 交叉,相交; 交叉点
例句:The traffic banked up at the intersection.
车辆在交叉路口聚积起来。
2. realize vt.实现; 了解,意识到
例句:I do not realize that offends him.
我没有意识到已经冒犯他了。
3. fear vt.害怕; 畏惧; 为…忧虑
例句:We fear no death, still less difficulties.
我们死都不怕,何况困难。
4. declare vt.申报; 宣布; 声明
例句:I declare I do not know a more awful object than Darcy.
我敢说达西是个再讨厌不过的家伙。
5. affect vt.影响; 假装; 感动
例句:Antenatal complications can affect a baby's health.
胎儿期并发症能影响婴儿的健康。
6. disappear vi.不见,消失; 不复存在
例句:By means of a clever trick, he made it (seem to)disappear.
他用了个巧妙的手法,把它变没了。
7. spontaneous adj.自发的; 自然的; 天然产生的
例句:Hearing the joke, we burst into spontaneous laughter.
听到笑话,我们不由自主地大笑起来。
8. smuggle vt.偷运; 私运
例句:We are occasionally able to smuggle a razor blade into a prisoner's cell.
我们有时会把一片剃须刀片偷偷地送到牢房里去。
9. reluctant adj.不情愿的,勉强的; 顽抗的
例句:They have often been reluctant to devalue.
他们往往不顾货币贬值。
10. stretch vt.伸展; 延伸; 持续
例句:I wanted to ask you if you couldn't stretch a point.
我来请求你宽容一些。