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老年人驾车更容易发生严重车祸

2011-09-07来源:VOA

词汇讲解:

1. fatality n. 恶性事故;死亡
例句:The accident resulted in fatalities.
那宗意外道致多人死亡。

2. peg vt. 固定,限制;限定(工资,物价等)
例句:Some countries suggested that the price of oil be pegged down.
一些国家建议应该限定石油价格。

3. reckless adj. 轻率的; 鲁莽的; 不顾危险的
例句:He is very reckless when he is drunk.
他喝醉酒时非常鲁莽。

4. plow vt. 开(路),破(浪)前进
例句:We plowed our way through the crowd.
我们用力从人群中挤过去。

5. confuse vt. 混淆, 使困惑, 把…弄糊涂
例句:Many people are confused about the new ways of measuring temperature.
许多人都搞不清测定温度的新方法。

6. ticket n. 交通违规的通知单, 罚款单
例句:The driver got a ticket for speeding.
司机超速行驶, 接到违章罚单。

7. menace n. 威胁, 胁迫, 危险
例句:The big hole outside the house is a menace to children's safety.
房子外面的大窟窿对孩子们的安全是个威胁。

8. chronological adj. 按时间的前后顺序排列的
例句:Carbon dating provides the archaeologist with a basic chronological framework.
碳元素年代测定法给考古学家提供了基本的年代框架。

9. recommend vt. 劝告, 建议
例句:The committee has recommended that the training program (should) be improved.
委员会建议培训计划应当改进。

10. depressed adj. 精神不振的,忧伤的,消沉的
例句:He was so depressed about his debts that he wanted to blow his brains out.
他为债务烦恼不已,恨不得一枪把自己结果了。