VOA慢速英语:Dubai Feels the Financial Pain

例句：Nursed the fledgling Business through an economic downturn.
      经济衰退中精心料理刚起步的生意

2.suspend vt.暂停, 终止

例句：Both sides in the conflict have agreed temporarily to suspend hostilities.
      冲突双方同意暂时停火。

      The President has suspended the constitution and assumed total power.
      总统废止了宪法, 独揽大权。

3.terms n.条件, 条款, 费用, 价钱, 关系, 地位, 交谊

例句：We can accept your terms.=terms acceptable.
      条件可以接受。 

4.guarantee vt.保证; 担保

例句：We can't guarantee our workers' regular employment.
      我们不能保证我们的工人定期受雇。

5.vehicle n.传播媒介, 手段

例句：Air is the vehicle of sound.
      空气是声音传播的媒介。

      Newspaper may be used as a vehicle for publicity.
      报纸可用作宣传工具。

6.sovereign adj.掌握全部权力的；有至高无上的权力的

例句：The Queen has sovereign power.
      女王握有统治权。

(国家 ) 有主权的；完全独立的

例句：For a brief time Texas was a sovereign nation.
      得克萨斯一度是个主权独立的国家。