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词汇讲解：

1. outrage vt. 引起…的义愤, 激怒
例句：Members of Parliament were outraged by the news of the assassination.
议会议员们被这暗杀的消息激怒了。

2. sentence vt. 宣判; 判决
例句：The judge sentenced him to do hard labour.
法官判他服劳役。

3. await vt.  等候；期待
例句：A warm welcome awaits all our customers.
对我们所有的顾客准备好热烈的欢迎。

4. verdict n. (陪审团的)裁决, 裁定
例句：After listening to the testimony, the members of the jury delivered their verdict.
听取证词后, 陪审团的成员们做出了判决。

5. onlooker n. 旁观者, 观看者
例句：A crowd of onlookers formed around the fight.
旁观者聚集起来围观斗殴。

6. testimony n. 证词
例句：He was called in to bear testimony to what the police officer said.
他被传入为警官所说的话作证。

7. preclude vt. 阻止; 排除; 妨碍; 使…行不通
例句：We try to preclude any possibility of misunderstanding.
我们努力排除任何误解的可能性。

8. willfully adv. 蓄意地
例句：He willfully set fire to the building.
他故意地向该建筑物放火。

9. standpoint n. 立场; 观点
例句：From my standpoint, this thing is just ridiculous.
依我看来, 这件事简直荒唐。

10. grieve v. 感到悲痛, 伤心
例句：He grieved to know that his mother had passed away.
得知母亲去世, 他很悲痛。

11. rack vt. 使痛苦, 使焦虑; 使痛苦不堪; 使受折磨; 绞尽脑汁
例句：The pain racked him.
痛苦折磨着他。

12. iffy adj. 不确定的,可疑的,有问题的
例句：She acted rather iffy about dating him.
她对要跟他约会之事表现得迟疑不决。