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词汇讲解：

1. surgery n. 外科手术,；外科学
例句：Your condition is serious and requires surgery.
你的情况很严重, 需要动外科手术。

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. nomination n. 提名；推荐；任命；指派
例句：She has withdrawn her nomination as chairman.
她已退出主席一职的提名。

4. incumbent adj. 在职的
例句：He defeated the incumbent governor by a large plurality.
他以压倒多数票击败了现任州长。

5. prestige n. 威信, 威望, 声望
例句：The contract will affect our national prestige in the world.
这一合同将会影响我国的国际声望。

6. 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。

7. approach n. 方法，方式；手段；步骤；态度
例句：His approaches to the problem are wrong.
他处理这个问题的方法是错误的。

8. mirror vt. 反映, 反射, 映照
例句：The pond mirrors the surrounding trees.
那个池塘映出周围的树木。

9. bruise n.瘀伤, 伤痕, 擦伤
例句：He was covered with bruises after falling off his bicycle.
他从自行车上摔了下来, 摔得浑身伤痕。

10. persuade v. 说服, 劝告
例句：I shall persuade him to take the medicine.
我将说服他把药吃下去。