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词汇讲解：

1. defend v. 辩护; 辩解; 保卫
例句：She defended herself successfully in court.
她在法庭上成功地为自己进行了辩护。

2. frustrated adj. 挫败的;失意的;泄气的
例句：He felt extremely frustrated when things went against him.
形势对他不利时,他感到非常失望。

3. duration n. 持续, 持续的时间, 期间
例句：The duration of the examination is three hours.
考试时间为三个小时。

4. inadequacy n. 不充分, 不足, 不胜任
例句：The failure is due to the inadequacy of preparations.
这次失败是由于准备不足造成的。

5. detect vt.发现; 发觉, 查明
例句：I detected anger in her voice.
我察觉出她说话声里含着愤怒。

6. range n. 射程, 距离
例句：This weapon can kill at a range of 200 yards.
这种兵器在200码内有杀伤力。

7. paralyze vt. 使不能正常活动
例句：The country was paralyzed by a series of strikes.
一系列的罢工使那个国家陷于瘫痪之中。

8. moratorium n. 正式的延缓,暂停
例句：The government has called for a moratorium on weapons testing.
政府已要求暂停武器试验。

9. lift vt.终止; 解除
例句：They decided to lift the embargo.
他们决定解除禁运。