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美议员警告拉美国家与伊朗的关系

2012-02-20来源:VOA
词汇讲解:
1. pledge vt. 保证, 许诺
例句:He pledged never to come back until he had found her.
他发誓不找到她决不回来。

2. vigilance n. 警觉;警惕;警戒
例句:Guaranteeing the safety of students requires continued vigilance on the part of teachers.
要确保学生安全,教师得时常保持警惕。

3. retain vt.保持; 保留;止住; 容纳
例句:This village still retains its old world character.
这个村庄仍然保持着古色古香的特色。

4. stern adj. 苛刻的, 严格的
例句:They are very stern in their discipline.
他们的训练极为严格。

5. proceed vi.前进; 行进;进行; 继续下去
例句:They will proceed to build another laboratory building.
他们将着手建造另一座实验大楼。

6. wreak vt. 诉诸(武力);施行(暴力);发(脾气)
例句:The earthquake wreaked havoc on the city.
地震对这个城市造成了大破坏。

7. 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%。

8. cripple vt. 严重毁坏(或损害)
例句:The general strike of the railway workers crippled the country's economy.
铁路工人的全面罢工使国家的经济陷于瘫痪。

9. overshadow vt. 使(某人)相形见绌或黯然失色
例句:Mary was sometimes overshadowed by the more talkative members of the family.
有时家中更健谈的人使玛丽显得黯然失色。

10. plot n. (秘密)计划, 密谋
例句:The police exposed a criminal plot to assassinate the President.
警察破了一个行刺总统的阴谋。