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VOA慢速英语:Prevention, Treatment Efforts Have 'Broken' the Direction of AIDS
例句:The purpose was to halt the rise in the exchange rate of the Swiss franc.
目的在于制止瑞士法郎汇率上涨。
cease,pause,stop,halt,quit
这些动词均含有“停止”之意。
cease指逐渐、徐徐中止某种状态的存在。书面用词。
pause指暂时的、瞬间的停顿,隐含有再进行之意。
stop指动作、运行、进展等被停下来,含突然、断然的意味。
halt侧重突然地、决定性地终止、停止某一活动。
quit指最终彻底停止某事,有时暗示遭到失败或面临挫折。
2.epidemic n.流行病
例句:The Sanitary Board tries to stamp out the epidemic.
卫生局试图消灭这种流行病。
3.decrease vt.vi.(使)缩短; 减小, 减少
例句:The traffic accidents in the city decreased last year.
该城市去年交通事故减少了。
The population began to decrease.
人口开始减少。
4.conviction n.确信, 坚定的信仰, 坚定的看法(或信念)
例句:She's a woman of strong convictions.
她是一位信念坚定的妇女。
5.trajectory n.轨道,弹道,轨线
6.suppress vt.政府、统治者等 镇压;(武力)平定;压制
例句:The new government quickly suppressed the rebellion.
新政府迅速把叛乱镇压下去。
7.follow v.遵照, 接受, 听从
例句:These orders must be followed at once.
这些命令必须立即照办。
8.passive a.被动的;消极的被动消极的东西
例句:His response was passive.
他的反应是被动的。
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