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BBC在线收听下载:巴西各大公会呼吁举行大罢工

2017-04-29来源:BBC

词汇讲解:

1.achieve vt.实现; 取得; 获得; 成功
例句:There are many who will work hard to achieve these goals
有志之士将会共同为实现这些目标而努力。

2.encourage vt.促进; 支持; 鼓励,鼓舞
例句:When things aren't going well, he encourages me, telling me not to give up.
事情进展不顺的时候,他鼓励我说不要放弃。

3.defeat vt.挫败; 击败,战胜
例句:The proposal was defeated by just one vote.
该提案仅以一票之差被否决。

4.attribute vt.认为…是; 把…归于
例句:Women tend to attribute their success to external causes such as luck.
女性倾向于将她们的成功归因于外部因素,比如运气。

5.decline n.下降; (力量、健康、品格、权力、价值等的) 衰退; 下倾
例句:Great nations rise and decline.
大国都经历了盛衰的过程。