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2011-12-19来源:CNN


词汇讲解:

1. personnel n. 人员; 员工;全体人员;职员
例句:The personnel are not happy to change these rules.
全体工作人员对改变这些规定很不高兴。

2. praise vt.称赞, 赞赏;赞美; 颂扬; 崇拜
例句:Critics praised the works as highly original.
评论家称赞该作品独树一帜。

3. sacrifice n.牺牲, 舍身;献祭, 供奉;祭品
例句:His parents made a lot of sacrifices to make sure he got a good education.
他的父母为确保他得到良好的教育而作了很多牺牲。

4. 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。

5. approach v. 接近, 走近, 靠近
例句:Christmas was approaching.
圣诞节快到了。

6. alert n. 警戒; 警报
例句:The whole navy was placed on full alert.
整个海军都处于全面戒备状态。

7. favor n. 赞成,赞同
例句:They will look with favor on your proposal.
他们将会赞同你的建议。

8. kidnap vt.诱拐, 绑架, 劫持
例句:His son was kidnapped yesterday.
他儿子昨天被绑架了。

9. abduct vt.劫持;诱拐
例句:The kid was abducted at the gate of kindergarten.
那小孩在幼儿园大门口被绑架走了。

10. acknowledge vt.承认, 供认
例句:He grudgingly acknowledged having made a mistake.
他勉强承认他做错了。