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词汇讲解：
1. deadline n. 最后期限
例句：Next week is the deadline for sending in your application.
呈递申请书的截止日期是下星期。
2. deny vt. 否认知情, 否定，否认
例句：He denied knowing anything about their plans.
他否认知悉他们的计划。
3. confirm vt. 证实, 证明; 肯定, 确认
例句：We have confirmed the report.
我们证实了那则报道。
4. split vt. 使分离;使不团结
例句：Disagreements split the party into rival factions.
意见分歧使该党分裂为对立的几派。
5. threat n.威胁, 恐吓；可能造成威胁的人[事, 想法]
例句：The use of nuclear weapons is a horrible threat to the species.
核武器对人类是一个严重威胁。
6. stealth n. 秘密行动;鬼鬼祟祟
例句：They achieved their original dominance by stealth.
他们原先的优势是暗中取得的。
7. risk vt.冒险; 冒…险
例句：The boatman was willing to risk ferrying them across.
船夫愿冒险渡他们过江。
8. astonishing adj. 使人吃惊的,惊人的
例句：The new houses have been built with astonishing speed.
这些房子的修建速度快得惊人。
9. pillage vt. 抢劫,掠夺
例句：They villages were pillaged and their crops destroyed.
他们的村子被抢,他们的庄稼被毁。
10. empower vt. 授权, 准许
例句：The new law empowered the police to search private house.
新法律给予警察搜查私人住宅的权利。
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