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2.approve vt.批准, 通过

例句：The minister approved the building plan.
      部长批准了该建筑计划。

3.stress vt.强调

例句：That article stressed the same problem.
      那篇文章强调了同一个问题。

      He stressed that we should always be honest.
      他强调我们应该永远诚实。

4.decrease n.减小, 降低

例句：There has been some decrease in imports.
      进口货物有所减少。

减少(量)

例句：The decrease in sales was almost 20 percent.
      销售量差不多减少了20％。

5.unacceptable adj.不能接受的;不受欢迎的

例句：an unacceptable level of disturbance to occupiers of adjacent properties
      对邻近物业住户构成的不可接受的干扰

      Such behaviour is totally unacceptable.
      这种行为完全不能接受。

6.irreversible adj.不可更改的;不可挽回的,不可反转的

例句：irreversible damage
      不可弥补的损失

      Technology has had an irreversible impact on society.
      技术已对社会产生不可逆转的影响。

7.dismiss v.自心中摒除, 不再考虑或谈论

例句：He dismissed the story as a rumour.
      他把这个消息当做谣言而不予考虑。

      He dismissed the idea as impossible.
      他认为那个主意不可能而断然拒绝。

8.widely adv.广泛地;普遍地;到处

例句：a French breed of cattle that has been exported widely
      已广泛出口的法国牛种

      a result that was widely forecast
      许多人预料的结果