VOA慢速英语:Inventors Given Hope on Business Method Patents

例句：Maths is an intellectual exercise.
      数学是一种智力训练。

      Do you know the intellectual property rights?
      你知道什么是知识产权吗?

2.patent vt.获得…专利, 给予…专利权

n.专利, 专利权

例句：The patent runs out in three years' time.
      这项专利期限为三年。

3.narrowly adv.勉强地

例句：He narrowly escaped being drowned.
      他险些被淹死。

      He narrowly missed being run over by a car.
      他差点儿被汽车压死。

4.abstract adj.抽象的

例句：Abstract nouns are usually uncountable nouns in English.
      英语中的抽象名词通常是不可数名词。

动词意思：

abstract v.做…的摘要

例句：He has abstracted the speech.
      他对讲话作了摘要。

5.innovation n.改革, 革新, 创新

例句：An enterprise should encourage innovation.
      企业应鼓励创新。

新观念, 新方法, 新发明

例句：Farmers are introducing in novations which increase the productivity.
      农民们正引进提高生产力的新方法。

6.suppress vt.镇压,使止住,禁止,抑制,查禁

例句：Each nation suppressed news that was not favourable to it.
      每个国家都查禁对它不利的消息。

      The politician tried to suppress that piece of information.
      那政客设法隐瞒该信息。

7.exclusive adj.专用的; 独家的
 
例句：This bathroom is for the President's exclusive use.
      这间浴室是总统专用的。

      The story is exclusive to this newspaper.
      这家报纸独家报道这个材料。