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1. awareness n. 察觉;觉悟;意识
例句:Environmental awareness has increased over the years.
这些年来人们的环境意识增强了。
2. surround vt.包围
例句:The firemen surrounded the burning building.
消防队员包围了熊熊燃烧的建筑物。
3. terror n. 引起恐怖的人[事]
例句:Those rebels are a terror to the entire town.
那些反叛者使全城的人感到恐惧。
4. inadvertent adj. 粗心大意的, 因疏忽造成的, 非故意的
例句:The suffering is inadvertent and unwanted.
这种受苦并非故意, 也无必要。
5. facilitate vt.使便利, 减轻…的困难
例句:Tractors facilitate farming.
拖拉机使耕作便利。
6. withdrawal n. 收回;撤回;撤清;撤退
例句:They are trying to negotiate the withdrawal of 20,000 troops.
他们正打算协商有关两万人的部队的撤军问题。
7. desecrate vt. 毁坏或亵渎
例句:The invading army desecrated this holy place when they camped here.
侵略军在这块圣地上扎营就是对这块圣地的亵渎。
8. revere vt. 崇敬, 尊崇, 敬畏
例句:Students revere the old professors.
学生们十分尊敬那些老教授。
9. shred vt. 撕碎, 切碎
例句:Mice will shred things such as newspapers.
老鼠会扯碎报纸一类的东西。
10. reaction n. 反应; 回应
例句:Their reaction to the joke is to laugh.
他们对这个笑话的反应是笑。