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2010-06-09来源:和谐英语
1.enforce vt.实施, 执行

例句:The police enforce the law.
      警察执法。

2.independently adv.独立地,自立地;无关地

例句:The enquiry must be independently conducted.
      这次调查必须独立进行。

      He argued that ideas do not exist independently of the language that expresses them.
      他论证说,思想不会独立存在于用以表达的语言之外。

3.routine n.例行公事, 惯例, 惯常的程序

例句:The security men changed their usual routine and collected the money at a different time.
      保安人员改变了他们通常的做法, 在不同的时间取款。

4.predictor n.预言者,预告者

例句:A woman predictor;a woman soothsayer.
      女预言家;女断言家

5.sleepy adj.欲睡的;困乏的

例句:Her yawn suggests that she is sleepy.
      她打哈欠表示她很困了。

6.extend vt.延长; 扩展; 达到(某一点)

例句:France has greatly extended its influence in world affairs.
      在世界事务中, 法国的影响已大大地扩大了。

7.nap n.小睡, 打盹

例句:Mr. Green usually has a nap after lunch.
      格林先生习惯于午饭后睡一会。