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索马里饥荒没有解决办法?

2011-08-15来源:VOA

词汇讲解:

1. famine n. 饥荒
例句:Many people die of starvation during famines every year.
每年发生饥荒时都有许多人饿死。

2. sweep vt. 在…迅速传播;在…迅速蔓延
例句:The rumour about his scandal swept the state where he was running for the state's congressman.
在他竞选的那个州正在迅速传播着有关他丑闻的谣言。

3. restrict vt. 限制; 约束
例句:He feels this new law will restrict his freedom.
他觉得这一新法律会限制他的自由。

4. survival n. 幸存, 生存
例句:The doctor told my wife I had a fifty-fifty chance of survival.
医生告诉我的妻子, 说我活下去的可能性只有50%。

5. contract v. 染上(恶习, 疾病等)
例句:My son's contracted a severe fever.
我的儿子发高烧。

6. vexing adj. 使人烦恼的;使人恼火的
例句:Lately a vexing problem had grown infuriatingly worse. 
最近发生了一个讨厌的问题,而且严重到令人发指的地步。

7. starve v. (使)挨饿, 饥饿
例句:I'm starved very much now because I have had nothing at all today.
我现在饿极了, 因为我今天什么也没吃。

8. ravage v. 毁坏;蹂躏
例句:The countryside has been ravaged by pollution.
乡村受到污染的破坏。

9. spook vt.吓;吓唬
例句:Something in the bushes spooked her horse.
矮树林里有东西惊了她的马。

10. minimal adj. 最小的; 极少的
例句:The storm did only minimal damage.
暴风雨只造成极轻微的损失。

11. escort vt. 护送; 护卫
例句:The Queen's yacht was escorted by destroyers.
女王的游艇由驱逐舰护航。